It also reminds us that there’s sometimes some truth to be found in our old sayings, as Lippincott-Schwartz pointed out: “Einstein said that when he uses his brain, it is like he is using a muscle, ...

Alzheimer’s disease — which affects an estimated 7 million Americans — is notoriously difficult to detect, especially in its ...

By employing a novel technique to examine how carbohydrates modify proteins, scientists have found that gut bacteria can ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability in the world. Blunt force trauma to the brain, often from a bad fall or traffic accident, accounts for the deaths ...

Immune therapy has transformed how cancer is treated, but many tumors continue to evade these treatments, thanks to their ...

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

Zhang and his colleagues designed a generative AI model called ChromoGen to quickly ‘read’ DNA sequences and predict the ...

The Mt. Sinai study could open the door to future therapies for Alzheimer’s, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, brain cancer, and drug addiction.

Exercise activates hope molecules ... Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is one of the most important myokines. It acts like a fertilizer for your brain, helping to create new brain cells ...

New research on microplastics in brains reminds us that while scientists compile safety data, our leaders should still act ...

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...