Cell death in dementia has long posed a frustrating problem. Toxic proteins pile up inside neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and ...

Scientists are testing two new molecules that may repair myelin in MS, shifting the focus from slowing attacks to true nerve regeneration.

Scientists at ETH Zurich have identified a compound that sharply reduced nerve-cell death in mice engineered to develop ...

Migrating newborn neurons suffer routine double-strand DNA breaks from physical stress during brain development.

Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the fatty sheath that covers nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Chronic ...

The CRISPR gene editing technology has transformed the research lab, and this powerful tool is now making its way into the clinic. So far, three different human diseases have been successfully treated ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered how DNA damage caused by a faulty DNA protection and repair system can lead to neurodegenerative disorders such as motor neuron disease (MND).

Although astrocytes undergo functional changes in response to brain injury and may be the driving force of subsequent neuronal death, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely elucidated. Here, we ...

Two independent studies have linked neuronal injury, inside or outside the brain, to cancer progression and offer new biomarkers and strategies for prevention. While cerebral cancer cells damage axons ...

Neurons may get all the glory, but they would be nothing without glial cells. While brain cells do the heavy lifting in the nervous system, it's the glia that provide nutrients, clean up waste, and ...

A LaPorte County Deputy shot in the line of duty inside a Michigan City hospital continues to make strides in his recovery.In ...