Multiple sclerosis, a neuroinflammatory disease that affects nearly 3 million people worldwide, causes a loss of myelin, the ...

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Senior linebacker Jordan Zaragoza has become a key player for the United Longhorns, overcoming a serious health scare to lead the defense.

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 ...

Protein is protein, right? Well, not exactly. All protein gives us energy and helps build and repair muscle tissue and bones. But there are two different kinds of this essential macronutrient.

A drug commonly used to treat glaucoma has been shown in zebrafish and mice to protect against the build-up in the brain of the protein tau, which causes various forms of dementia and is implicated in ...

Melissa Nieves, LND, RD, is a registered dietitian with Practical Nutrition, LLC. She also works as a bilingual telehealth dietitian for Vida Health Program. Rich Scherr is an updates strategist ...

Even if these MAP antigens were not homologs of CNS myelin proteins, they share sequence homology with myelin protein P0, T-cell receptor (TCR)-γ chain C region, complement activation product C1q ...

Fatty acids function both as an energy source and as metabolic signalling molecules and affect many vital processes. This complexity combined with the chemical characteristics of lipids present ...

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The microglia, in turn, seem to benefit, revving up metabolism and phagocytosis. The liver protein ApoA-I was particularly good at bolstering the latter. Overall, the findings suggest that the brain’s ...