Charles Piller, author of the new book Doctored, says the scientific community needs “to take a good hard look in the mirror.

The tiny protein known as transthyretin can cause big problems in the body when it misfolds after secretion. While healthy ...

For several decades, researchers studying Alzheimer's disease have been working to understand the "amyloid cascade hypothesis ...

but other amyloid diseases as well," says Lander. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (GM142196, AG067594, DK046335) and a Postdoctoral Fellowship from the George E.

Insights into the structures could lead to improved treatment strategies for transthyretin amyloidosis, a progressive, fatal disease in men.

Closing in on 25 years since the World Trade Center (WTC) attacks, WTC responders continue to suffer long-term effects from their exposures at Ground Zero. One issue of possible growing concern is ...

The finding may open a whole new world in the study of Alzheimer's disease, said biophysicist Aneta Stefanovska.

Now, Scripps Research scientists have uncovered new structures of transthyretin. Their findings, published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology on January 22, 2025, show how the three-dimension ...

Exercise may positively influence the interactions between brain cells in the hippocampus, a brain region involved in ...

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a global leader in clinical diagnostics, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

In a bid to revolutionize Alzheimer’s detection, scientists have examined the brain’s neurovascular unit. The research ...