Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have identified a hazardous waste collector in the brain that disposes of the toxic clumps of ...

Human fetal tissue research has helped in the development of some vaccines.

Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. For years, epidemiologists have noticed that people with cancer seem less ...

Researchers found a "garbage man" enzyme that tags toxic clumps of proteins in the brain for removal, and saw a correlation ...

A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

An Arctic ground squirrel survives brutal winters by entering a deep hibernation. Its body temperature plummets to below freezing, and its heart rate slows dramatically. Remarkably, the squirrel wakes ...

In A Nutshell A mouse study found that low-dose THC combined with celecoxib protected memory and reduced brain damage linked ...

Think your cerebellum only coordinates fluid movements? New 2026 research reveals how your "little brain" also creates the ...

Reducing RAD23A levels helped nerve cells better handle toxic TDP-43 protein clumps, improving survival and function in an ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron disease and damaged in spinal injuries. Their study, published today in ...