FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·December 4, 2023·4 min readThe Role of Protein Misfolding in Neurodegenerative DiseasesNeurodegenerative diseases share a common factor: protein misfolding and deposits in the brain. Misfolded proteins can lead to toxic activity or the loss of the protein's physiological function, causing damage to neurons.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 15, 2021·3 min readCrucial Step in Formation of Deadly Brain Diseases DiscoveredStudy sheds light on what causes normal proteins to convert to a diseased form associated with CJD and Kuru.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurologyNeuroscience·May 1, 2019·9 min readAlzheimer’s disease is a ‘double-prion disorder’Self-propagating amyloid and tau act as prions in the pathology of Alzheimer's disease. Higher levels of the prions in human brain samples were strongly correlated with early onset of Alzheimer's and death at a younger age.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·May 17, 2018·3 min readMicroglia Are Key Defenders Against Prion DiseaseA new study reveals the role microglia plays in helping to protect the brain against prion infection.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 14, 2017·3 min readMolecular Link Between Parkinson’s and Prion Diseases DiscoveredResearchers detail the complex interaction between alpha synuclein and the prion protein PrPc.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyOpen Neuroscience Articles·December 14, 2016·4 min readGut Cells Are Gatekeepers For Infectious Brain DiseasesA new study reports M cells found in the lining of the gut can help to protect the against prion infections.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·October 14, 2016·5 min readFruit Fly Model of Brain Disease Could Lead to Blood Test for vCJDA new fruit fly model in development could lead to low cost blood tests to help diagnose a deadly prion disease.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·August 11, 2016·3 min readPutting Autophagy Under the MicroscopeResearchers have been able to capture autophagy in super resolution.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 9, 2016·4 min readCascade of Events Leading to Prion Disease DescribedA new study describes two distinct stages of prion disease.Read More
Featured·November 3, 2015·5 min readAlzheimer’s May Be a Collection of Different Diseases That Should be Treated SeparatelyResearchers report Alzheimer's disease may actually be a collection of different disease that should be treated independently with different approaches.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·September 10, 2015·5 min readHuman Transmission of Alzheimer’s Protein May Have Occurred as Result of Medical ProceduresA new study provides evidence that a protein synonymous with Alzheimer's disease, amyloid beta, may have passed to a small group of people who were given human derived growth hormone treatments prior to the mid 1980's.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·August 4, 2015·4 min readStudy Reveals How Prion Diseases Spread From the Gut to the BrainA new study reveals how prions are able to spread from the gut and into the brain after a person eats contaminated meat.Read More