In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why? I n March 2009, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have demonstrated that a genetic method called "pooled prime editing" can screen hundreds of variants in a gene at once and identify which variants affect ...

Big cats have always captured the imagination of humans with their majestic presence and sheer power. However, when these ...

A new international study has offered hope that Alzheimer’s disease may one day be preventable—at least in people genetically ...

Recent viral mutations have shown avian influenza’s adaptability to mammalian hosts, prompting infectious disease, animal ...

An experimental drug has shown promise in preventing Alzheimer’s for people at higher risk of developing the disease.

For some people with a high risk of Alzheimer's who received a drug called gantenerumab for eight years, their risk of ...

Scientists have uncovered a critical piece of the puzzle in autoimmune diseases: a protein that helps release immune response ...

In collaboration with a foundation that breeds service dogs for the visually impaired, researchers at the School of ...

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