Mad cow disease and other brain disorders stemming from prion proteins have long resisted cure. Now, in a test in mice, a prion disease caught early has been reversed. Prions—misfolded versions of a ...

Misfolded proteins that cause neurodegenerative diseases act an awful lot like prions, even if they do not fit the exact definition. For example, Aβ and tau are not considered infectious from person ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A rare and fatal brain disorder called multiple system atrophy (MSA) may be caused by a newly ...

Researchers this week say their work should upturn the conventional narrative of how Alzheimer’s disease happens. They argue the progression of Alzheimer’s is driven by a very specific form of two ...

In some brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s, distorted proteins behave like infectious agents, spreading among brain cells and corrupting other proteins. New studies suggest that such diseases should ...

Epigenetic mechanisms participate in the regulation of gene transcription in eukaryotes. Two studies in yeast have revealed an additional mechanism for controlling global gene transcription that is ...

A woman's human growth hormone treatments in childhood may have sealed her fate decades later, according to a new case report. Reading time 3 minutes The grim reaper can sometimes take decades to ...