In biology, seeing can lead to understanding, and researchers in Professor Edward Boyden's lab at the McGovern Institute for ...

Herpesvirus infection may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease through transposable element activation and neuroinflammation.

Alzheimer’s disease, a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, is closely linked to the accumulation of tau protein in the ...

A research team at the University of Cologne has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the role of the tau protein ...

The buildup of knot-like RNA structures in brain cells may be the key to understanding how uncontrolled protein aggregation drives Alzheimer’s disease.

And now, it has been suggested that Alzheimer's may not be a brain disease after all. Science magazine reported in July 2022 that a key research paper published in the journal Nature that identified a ...

Researchers have identified a specific form of the tau protein that is responsible for mediating the toxicity of harmful protein clumps in human neurons and thus represents a target for future treatme ...

Explore the spectrum of dementia, its causes, and how it impacts cognitive health, with insights into care strategies and ...

In “Doctored,” Charles Piller uncovers evidence that many important Alzheimer’s studies are based on faulty data.

Protein accumulations do important work in the human body, but something can go wrong and proliferate in those aggregates, ...

ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, can sometimes be difficult to diagnose or to predict how quickly the disease is likely to progress. A new study helps determine which blood tests are best at ...