Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder or concussion suffer from a thrashing form of sleep behavior at a rate that…
Chronobiology: Sleep and synaptic rhythms
Chronobiologists show how critical the sleep-wake cycle is for protein and phosphorylation dynamics in synapses to ultimately regulate its activity.
Type 2 diabetes and obesity could be treated by new, less invasive procedure
New research has found that a newly tested medical device, called Sleeveballoon, mimics the effects of traditional bariatric surgery in…
In-office gene therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration is coming
Gene therapy is showing promise for one of the most common causes of blindness.
New genetic link found for some forms of SIDS
Some forms of sudden infant death syndrome stem from a genetic mutation that keeps infants from processing lipids in milk,…
A reliable clock for your microbiome
The microbiome is a treasure trove of information about human health and disease, but getting it to reveal its secrets…
Targeting immune cells may be potential therapy for Alzheimer’s
A study has found that microglia drive neurodegeneration in diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, that are linked to tau protein. Targeting…
Jumping genes can cause rare developmental disorders in children
The largest study of its kind into childhood developmental disorders has discovered that jumping genes cause genetic changes in some…
Deciphering the early stages of Parkinson’s disease is a matter of time
Researchers haveidentified for the first time the initial steps of alpha-synuclein protein aggregates related to early onsets of hereditary Parkinson…
Medical News Today: New blood test detects brain tumors with 87% accuracy
Researchers have recently published ‘the first demonstration’ that a promising blood test for detecting brain cancer works in the clinic.