A new scientific discovery may provide a future avenue for treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers of the Sarcoma research group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Òscar Martínez-Tirado, have first described the…
Researchers have linked a debilitating neurological disease in children to mutations in a gene that regulates neuronal development through control of protein…
“It's important to understand the potential changes occurring in the brain related to youth contact sports,” said Elizabeth Moody Davenport, Ph.D., a…
Iron occurs naturally in the human body. However, in people with Parkinson’s disease it distributes in an unusual way over the brain. This is the result of a…
As Zika spreads throughout the world, the call for rapid development of therapeutics to treat Zika rings loud and clear. Taking a step further in identifying a…
The finding might overcome a basic issue confronting medical engineers: How to create electronics that are flexible enough to be worn comfortably on or even…
Energy storage units that can be integrated into wearable and flexible electronic systems are becoming increasingly important in today's world. A research team…
Patients with brain diseases such as epilepsy, tumours or vascular diseases are usually treated with high doses of medication, which often have major…
The bacterium M. chimaera, known in the context of pneumonia, is native to water. What was previously unknown is that it can also be transmitted via the air in…
Everyday life at an airport: there’s still time before the jet taking passengers to faraway countries takes off – time enough for a quick visit to the toilet….
Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick.
Proteins are the molecular workhorses of biology–they carry out the instructions written in the genetic code. Their shape plays a crucial role in their…
Samples of smoke particles emanating from burning roadside trash piles in India have shown that their chemical composition and toxicityare very bad for human…
Use of a novel approach to analyzing brain structure that focuses on the shape rather than the size of particular features may allow identification of…
In the course of an infection or upon vaccination, specialized cells of our immune system, so-called B cells, produce antibodies that bind viruses and…
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