Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) affect ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have zeroed in on a cellular gatekeeper that may hold promise for treating abnormal protein ...

A novel strategy developed at Rice University allows scientists to zoom in on tiny segments of proteins inside living cells, revealing localized environmental changes that could indicate the earliest ...

Researchers headed by a team at the Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology and at the Wellcome Sanger Institute have developed an AI tool that they say has made a ...

A team of researchers at Kumamoto University has uncovered a groundbreaking mechanism in the formation of harmful protein aggregates that lead to neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's Disease ...

A team of researchers from Mass General Brigham led by Raghu Chivukla, MD, PhD released a new study linking protein aggregation to altered RNA processing in genetic forms of neurodegeneration.

Scientists can now zoom in on protein segments in living cells, tracking changes linked to early disease and aiding drug screening for aggregation disorders. The research team engineered a fluorescent ...

An error in protein conformation can lead to disease. What are the genetic and molecular causes for incorrectly formed proteins? molecules. In 1917 the German chemist ...

Explore why tau still lacks treatments despite its critical role in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies.

Durable analytical instruments expedite the study of misfolded proteins linked to neurodegenerative diseases. To overcome these limitations, scientists developed the real-time quaking-induced ...

New research has revealed that a class of proteins possesses a previously unknown cell-protecting function that could be harnessed for healthier aging and as a treatment for age-related diseases.