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 ...

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 ...

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 ...