A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread ...

E1s and E2s first work generically across the cell to activate and prepare ubiquitin for attachment. E3 ligases then ensure that the tag is added to the right protein; as such, hundreds of specific ...

Q4 2024 Earnings Call Transcript February 20, 2025 Prothena Corporation plc misses on earnings expectations. Reported EPS is ...

Researchers identify a new player in human immunity that can go rogue and turn the immune system against the body’s own ...

Researchers combined animal models, human brain tissue, and molecular analysis to uncover a connection between Alzheimer's ...

People who carry a certain variation of this repeated DNA sequence have more than double the risk (2.2 times higher)of ...

Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...

Scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have now identified a new protein that may contribute to the disease.

The root causes of most forms of Alzheimer's disease largely remain a mystery. Now, researchers have revealed a new piece of the puzzle.

At the Human Amyloid Imaging (HAI) meeting, held January 15-17, researchers focused on new techniques—all based on tau and ...

Recent studies reveal strong links between air pollution and deposits in the brain, even in areas with low pollution levels.