For neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, treatment options are scant. New research by Stanford ...

Researchers have discovered how to block cells dying, in a finding that could lead to new treatments for neurodegenerative ...

"There was existing evidence that inflammatory processes in the brain play a role in development of the disease," Dr. Beyer explains, "So we studied microglia, which are the immune cells of the ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a serious brain disorder caused by a misfolded protein called a prion, which is found in the brain and nerve cells. In the United States, there are about 500 new cases ...

Consequently, the transplanted cells to give rise to the kidney's functional portion "attenuated acute kidney injury," a cause of the disease, and "prevented kidney functional decline ...

In fact, sex-based differences with implications for our health exist even at the very "sciencey"-seeming level of cell and molecular ... or Alzheimer's disease or drug safety or heart attack ...

Bill Burr is just too good holding onto this grudge for a few decades. Even though the world seems to have pretty stark (love them or hate them) views for Pearl Jam and Eddie Vedder, the Old Dads ...

Raymond “Ray” Burr Jones was born in Yonkers, New York, in 1929 and was raised in the US and Canada. He passed away at home on July 12th, 2021, after a brief illness. Following his graduation ...

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences A treatment that could replenish cells in the brains of Parkinson’s disease patients caused no major negative reactions in two small ...

For patients and families grappling with Alzheimer's and related diseases, the findings offer a hopeful glimpse at a future in which microglial-based cell therapies could precisely and safely ...

Study: Phase I/II trial of iPS-cell-derived dopaminergic cells for Parkinson’s disease. Image Credit: Cinefootage Visuals / Shutterstock In a recent study in the journal Nature, researchers in ...