New research has revealed how the tau protein, a critical element in the formation of Alzheimer's disease, is also involved in normal learning processes in the healthy brain -- potentially providing a ...

A report has shown that genetic deletion, or mutation, of TET2 and TET3 in mouse B cells damps down the generation of functional IgG antibodies, decreasing the effectiveness of immune responses. A ...

A new study published in the journal Psychophysiology provides evidence that the specific way a person breathes during ...

The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the brain is central to the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But to the human eye, proteins that are ...

New research from the University of Cincinnati bolsters a hypothesis that Alzheimer’s disease is caused by a decline in levels of a specific protein, contrary to a prevailing theory that has been ...

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have discovered how nerve cells recruit corrupted proteins that then corrupt other normal proteins within the cell, leading to ...

Prion diseases occur when normal prion protein, found on the surface of many cells, becomes abnormal and clumps in the brain, causing brain damage. Prion diseases or transmissible spongiform ...

All forms of amyloidosis are caused by the abnormal folding of proteins in our body’s cells. In the case of wild-type ATTR amyloidosis, normal proteins accumulate but are not cleared from organs, ...