Researchers have developed a new set of gene delivery tools designed to target specific cell types in the human brain and spinal cord. The toolkit represents an advance toward gene therapies that ...

Searching for stability, the nanofibers bonded to amyloid-beta proteins, a key culprit implicated in Alzheimer’s disease. But ...

Evidence is mounting that clinicians can treat serious genetic disorders prenatally by injecting medicine into the amniotic fluid, thus preventing damage that begins in utero.

A new treatment developed by Professor Samuel Stupp traps and neutralizes toxic proteins to stop disease progression.

My voice may be cracking, my body wasting, but I still have a pair of voluptuous ears that give everybody a chuckle. Motor neurone disease ... neurones are the nerve cells along which the brain ...

The listing for a fully-furnished bedroom stated it came with hot water and use of the kitchen and bathroom - but it was the ...

The therapy used molecules called antisense oligonucleotides, or ASOs, that can alter the expression of genes through interactions with RNA, which creates proteins. ASOs are currently given to babies ...

Discover early autoimmune warning signs doctors miss, from unusual fatigue to distinctive pain patterns and surprising skin ...

Besides charting the nature of space and time and penning the bestseller "A Brief History of Time," Stephen Hawking has ...

Dance enhances memory, cognition, and brain structure in seniors, offering joy-filled neuroprotection beyond traditional exercises.

The number of people living with early-onset dementia has increased by almost 70 per cent in the past decade, yet many still ...

The therapy involves implantation of dopamine-producing cells under general anaesthesia into a part of the brain called the putamen, which is particularly affected by neuron loss in Parkinson's ...