Tim-3 identified as promising therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease
Tim-3 is an immune checkpoint molecule involved in immunity and inflammation recently linked to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its ...
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Targeting brain’s waste removal system may help combat cognitive decline
As aging bodies decline, the brain loses the ability to cleanse itself of waste, a scenario that scientists think could ...
Non-invasive 40Hz gamma stimulation could help fight Alzheimer’s
A decade after scientists in The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT first began testing whether sensory stimulation ...
Researchers discover strategy to slow brain metastases growth in melanoma
Brain metastases are one of the most severe complications of melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Researchers at ...
Researchers identify key mechanism linking brain stress to Alzheimer's disease
Researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have unveiled a critical mechanism that ...
Spatial aging clocks reveal how T cells and neural stem cells shape brain aging
Discover how cutting-edge spatial aging clocks decode the aging brain, uncovering the dual roles of immune and stem cells in ...
Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy
In this interview from SfN 2024, Professor Nancy Ip, President of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, shares ...
The molecular underpinnings by which traumatic brain injury increases Alzheimer's disease risk
Researchers found that traumatic brain injury increases synaptic dysfunction and cognitive impairments linked to developing Alzheimer's disease. Study: Neuronal BAG3 ...
Study finds Plexin-B1 could be key to Alzheimer’s treatment, enhancing glial cell response
A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience revealed that Plexin-B1, encoded by PLXNB1, regulates the activation of peri-plaque ...
Unlocking glioblastoma's immune suppression mechanism
The Wistar Institute assistant professor Filippo Veglia, Ph.D., and team, have discovered a key mechanism of how glioblastoma -; a ...