New research highlights middle age as a pivotal period for brain health, with significant changes in how cells remove damaged mitochondria. Defects in this recycling process have been linked to ...

Joanne Chory, a Salk Institute biologist widely admired by climate scientists for her efforts to get plants to absorb greater ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers claims to have made progress in the path to treating Parkinson’s disease. The team found that a variant of a protein, caused by a genetic mutation, enhances ...

A multitude of genes have been linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Specifically how those genes might influence the progression of neurodegeneration remains something of a black box ...

In her latest column, Gretchen Reynolds writes about a large new study of more than 83,000 adults that found that standing ...

AC Immune (ACIU) stock shot up 20% Thursday after the company reported positive data from a Phase 2 study of its drug ...

Researchers are using functionalized nanodiamonds to precisely monitor neuronal activity at the cellular level, enhancing ...

The connection between auditory or vestibular disorders and neuroinflammatory or neurodegenerative diseases has gained ...

A research team reported recently that heart muscle cells grown from induced pluripotent stem cells can integrate into the hearts of monkeys with a state of pressure overload.

This support makes it simpler for Parkinson’s patients to move around safely. Caregivers often handle laundry, including ...

to develop exercise equipment for Parkinson’s Disease patients in the area. One result of Hunter’s efforts includes a machine ...

Katie Fagan, Senior Program Coordinator & Clinical Social Worker at Northwestern University Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center, joins Lisa Dent to talk about Northwestern ...