The amorphous proteins, which are prevalent throughout the human body, adhere to nerve cells like plaque, inhibiting their ...

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore ...

"We discovered that bacteria all around us are using amyloids as a molecular suit of armor," said senior author Aaron Whiteley, assistant professor in the Department of Biochemistry.

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

When parts of the nervous system start to break down—or get broken—the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can ...

Scientists have mapped individual sugar molecules on the surface of cells at a resolution once thought to be impossible for ...

When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response. The brain activates ...

Microglia, a type of brain immune cell, can gobble up amyloid beta protein, which clumps together into toxic aggregates ...

Chemical chatter from resident bacteria in the gut can hit the brain and nervous system in real time, shaping behavior and ...

In a key advance for regenerative medicine and gut health, scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and Nanyang Technological ...

Konstanz researchers identify an enzyme that plays a role in the migration of cells in our body - not only during normal tissue formation and wound healing, but also when tumor cells metastasize. This ...