Scientists have developed new potential therapies that selectively remove aggregated tau proteins, which are associated with Alzheimer's disease, and improve symptoms of neurodegeneration in mice.

One study suggests it might someday be possible to "rejuvenate" eggs from older women in order to make them suitable for ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms, but new research could one day lead to lives being saved. Researchers at ...

A live rodent forced a Scandinavian Airlines flight to make an emergency landing after it contaminated a passenger’s meal, ...

In a study published July 29 in Advanced Materials, University of Texas at Dallas researchers found that X-rays of the ...

Rats and mice are quite common in cities, and Denver is no exception. According to a nationwide pest control company, the Mile High City was one of the most “rodent-infested cities” in ...

Immunotherapy can remove extracellular amyloid plaques from Alzheimer’s brain, but has so far failed to clear intracellular tau tangles. Now, two papers propose a solution: tagging them for ...

Researchers have used a drug screening platform they developed to show that an antidepressant, currently on the market, kills tumor cells in the dreaded glioblastoma -- at least in the cell-culture ...

A Scandinavian Airlines spokesperson said the rodent posed a “safety risk” to travelers, who were flying from Oslo, Norway, ...

Albatrosses are one of the most important seabird populations in the world. In order to try to protect them, officials have ...

Two University of Wyoming faculty members will study how to understand the microcircuit changes that occur in the brain’s prefrontal cortex during normal aging as well as disease progression in ...

As women age, the quality of their eggs decreases and they become less useful for in vitro fertilization. But it may someday ...