Tau protein aggregation is a shared feature in over 20 neurodegenerative diseases (collectively referred to as "tauopathies") ...

More than 4 in 10 women in the U.S. have some form of cardiovascular disease, such as heart disease or stroke - a figure that is only expected to grow. Each year, heart disease and stroke kill more ...

It is estimated that Americans will consume 1.48 billion chicken wings during the Super Bowl, but a new Physicians Committee ...

Unrepaired DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) – highly toxic tangles of protein and DNA – cause a process that leads to premature ...

A large share of medicines developed today may never reach patients for a surprisingly simple reason: they cannot dissolve well enough in water.

Although some genes linked to life span have been identified, external environmental forces, such as disease or living ...

Neurological disorders contribute to nearly nine million deaths globally each year, and an estimated 22.6 million new cases require neurosurgical attention annually, of which approximately 13.8 ...

Genetic ancestry plays a key role in determining the behavior of head and neck tumors and may help explain why African-American patients survive for half as long as their counterparts of European ...

Many studies show that patients often struggle to interpret numerical information in medical contexts, especially ...

Associate Professor Brent Vernon, who has a joint appointment in the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, co-founded Sonoran Biosciences with Derek Overstreet, the company’s CEO ...

Africa’s health future hinges on its ability to finance and commercialise its own medical innovations, rather than rely on increasingly uncertain international funding, African science leaders have ...

Leading academics from universities and research organizations across Europe and America, and companies and SMEs interested in developing foods, supplements and pharmaceuticals targeting pain and ...