On June 2, 1941, at the age of 37, baseball player Lou Gehrig succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a […]
Early life exposure to nicotine alters neurons, predisposes brain to addiction later
Neonatal exposure to nicotine alters the reward circuity in the brains of newborn mice, increasing their preference for the drug […]
Broken mitochondria use ‘eat me’ proteins to summon their executioners
When mitochondria become damaged, they avoid causing further problems by signaling cellular proteins to degrade them. In a paper publishing […]
Vitamin B12 is identified as the inhibitor of a key enzyme in hereditary Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s is the most common, chronic neurodegenerative movement disorder affecting 1% of the global population over seventy years of age. […]
Big data takes aim at a big human problem
A James Cook University scientist is part of an international team that’s used new ‘big data’ analysis to achieve a […]
Common virus in early childhood linked to celiac disease in susceptible children: But adenovirus infections are not linked to the development of the disease
A common intestinal virus, enterovirus, in early childhood may be a trigger for later coeliac disease in children at increased […]
The involvement of the gut in Parkinson’s disease: hype or hope?
There is growing evidence that at least in some patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), the disease may begin in the […]
Scientists developed new mouse model of Hirschsprung’s disease
About one in every 5,000 babies is born without enteric neurons in distal colon resulting in Hirschsprung’s disease. Because of […]
Flood dynamics increase population vulnerability to waterborne disease and climate
Diarrheal disease, a preventable and treatable illness, remains the second-leading cause of death in children under the age of 5 […]
Genetic study improves lifespan predictions and scientific understanding of aging
By studying the effect of genetic variations on lifespan across the human genome, researchers have devised a way to estimate […]