Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have developed an innovative computational method, called ddHodge, that can reconstruct ...

There is currently no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia that an estimated 7.2 million Americans age 65 and ...

We describe an unusual case of a woman in her 30s who had recently undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and presented to the emergency department with a 6-week history of intractable nausea and vomiting ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disorder that prompts the body's immune system to attack myelin, the protective sheath covering nerve cells in the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. This can in turn ...

A 63-year-old Vietnamese-speaking man with a history of scleritis in the left eye, epiretinal membrane, dry eye syndrome and ...

Experimental drug NU-9 shows promise in clearing toxic proteins associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Scientists tested NU-9 in a pre-symptomatic animal model of Alzheimer’s disease. Drug ...

Myelin loss disrupts the coordination of signals between brain regions, impairing the accurate processing of information, researchers found.

One of the main proteins that contributes to Alzheimer's disease is called phospho-tau (p-tau). When p-tau gets too many ...

One of the main proteins that contributes to Alzheimer's disease is called phospho-tau (p-tau). When p-tau gets too many ...

Mass General Brigham researchers found that hyperphosphorylated tau, the main component of pathological tangles in Alzheimer’s disease, may have serve to help protect the brain from infection ...