New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

Microglia are the brain's immune cells that clean out debris, such as damaged proteins and old cell parts, to keep the organ ...

For some time, we've known that it's rare to see people with both cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists believe ...

Stressed brain cells can survive longer by slowing sugar use, revealing a short-term protective response that later turns ...

Imagine your brain as a high-end restaurant. Normally, the kitchen is remarkably efficient: fresh ingredients (proteins) ...

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

Johns Hopkins scientists reveal that “inactive” GluD brain proteins regulate neuronal communication and open up new ...

After three years of study, the researchers found that alpha-synuclein, a protein closely linked to Parkinson’s disease, ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their behavior.

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Arteries can narrow with fatty buildup. Blood struggles to move. Oxygen drops. A heart attack can follow, and it remains the world’s top killer. Researchers at the University of California San Diego ...

Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...