a type of cell in our nervous system, plays a key role in the degeneration caused by Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in Japan found that estrogen produced within the brain, called neuroestrogen ...

One protein mitigates Huntington’s disease while another one exacerbates it by regulating the huntingtin protein’s movement ...

A hospital patient with a rare inflammatory disease of the nervous system has turned to music to raise funds for Addenbrooke’s in Cambridge. Ben Standing, 50, from Ipswich, was diagnosed with CLIPPERS ...

What Is the Nervous System? Your nervous system is your body's main communication system. It sends messages from your brain to the rest of your body and helps you respond to changes inside and ...

Penn State. (2025, April 21). Immune system proteins involved in severe parasitic disease identified. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 ...

Interim data presented by the company last July demonstrated a dose-dependent slowing of the progression of Huntington’s Disease in individuals treated with the therapy. Credit: bangoland/Shutterstock ...

Jimmy Pollard has been an advocate for people around the world affected by Huntington disease for 38 years. Larry Luxner, senior correspondent for Rare Disease Advisor, interviews Jimmy Pollard, who, ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, April 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relatively rare but very serious disease of the nervous system. A cure is not yet possible. ALS slowly destroys the motor neurons in the brain and spinal ...