Panning for CTAP. By sifting through the genome of K562 myeloid progenitor cancer cells, Muhar and colleagues identified genes that mediate the breakdown of proteins (green) carrying C-terminal amides ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eisai and Biogen’s application for IV maintenance dosing of lecanemab on January 27. Previously, the label called for biweekly IV dosing. The new ...

For each structural strain of tau fibrils, they identified amino acids without which the strain cannot form its signature ...

The X contains more genes related to brain function than does any other chromosome. “The X chromosome may be a treasure trove of genes that influence cognition, and these could be therapeutic targets, ...

Stop the Spread. Injecting saline into mouse kidneys did not affect the left or right substantia nigra (top). Injecting fibrils of α-synuclein ablated about half of the dopaminergic neurons (middle ...

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Michael Breakspear, M.B. B.S., B.Sc., B.A., FRANZCP, Ph.D. Newcastle, Australia ...

To better model how neurons fire and interact with glia, some scientists place the cells into a brain or grow them in an organoid. Others have produced little spheres of human neural tissue by ...