Targeting cellular structures called nuclear speckles could be a completely new approach for treating proteinopathies—diseases driven by abnormal accumulation of misfolded proteins—such as Alzheimer's ...

Israeli scientists have identified a protein that, when blocked, may prevent Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a painful food allergy disease. This discovery could lead to targeted treatments, sparing ...

The study, conducted at the university's Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, focused on the protein thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP). Researchers found that blocking it in experimental ...

Researchers at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have built an artificial intelligence (AI) tool ...

Researchers at University of California San Diego and the University of Pittsburgh have found that using an existing drug to ...

New research reveals that lithium helps protect against neurodegeneration and Alzheimer's disease by preventing toxic amyloid plaques from disrupting brain function.

Research on causes and a potential cure for Alzheimer’s are being threatened by the Trump administration’s challenged budget cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and budget cuts to ...

From taking HRT to eating a healthy diet, Kate Muir shares some of the precautionary measures she's trying to avoid ...

Nearly 300 people who have participated in the Northwestern University SuperAging Program since 2000 have helped show impaired memory isn’t always part of aging.

Lithium is best known as a medication for mood disorders like bipolar disorder. But this new research, published in Nature on ...

What is the earliest spark that ignites the memory-robbing march of Alzheimer’s disease? Why do some people with Alzheimer’s-like changes in the brain never go on to develop dementia? These questions ...

One-third of people older than 85 in the United States are estimated to live with Alzheimer's disease today, according to the National Institute on Aging.