Specialized brain cells in the hypothalamus act as a disposal route for tau protein, shuttling it from cerebrospinal fluid into the bloodstream. When those cells break down, tau accumulates in the ...

Beta amyloid protein has likely been transmitted on rare instances to people who received human growth hormone extract made from cadavers, a study finds. The protein, a key indicator of Alzheimer’s ...

Plasma p-tau217 successfully identified Alzheimer's pathology in several neurodegenerative syndromes. This included disorders not typically associated with Alzheimer's disease, like frontotemporal ...

What are the lasting effects of COVID-19 on the body? Paul Benson, M.D., Professor and Autopsy Section Head in the Department of Pathology's Division of Anatomic Pathology, was awarded a Researching ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots may be able to help interpret pathology reports for patients, but at this point they need clinician review before being delivered, researchers said. Among 1,134 ...

1 Melbourne School of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2 Melbourne School of Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 3 Melbourne Brain Centre, ...

Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have engineered brain cells to hunt and destroy amyloid plaques, cutting toxic buildup by roughly half in aged mice with advanced Alzheimer’s-like ...

In a recent translational study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Association, researchers investigated the role of biological sex in the development and progression of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is disruption to the body’s circadian rhythm, the internal biological clock that regulates many of our physiological processes. Nearly 80 percent of people ...

In a peer-reviewed study published today in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from French-American techbio Owkin and pathology labs in France present a blind validation of MSIntuit™ CRC, a ...