Metformin is the main first-line drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, but a new study on monkeys suggests it could one day be ...
Scientists discovered a link between copper regulation and neurodegeneration, using the worm gene swip-10. Their findings suggest that restoring copper balance could offer new treatments for disorders ...
A rare parasitic infection known as raccoon roundworm has been confirmed in Los Angeles. The infection, Baylisascaris procyonis, can affect the brain, spinal cord and eyes.
New therapeutic opportunities often emerge from research on simple organisms. For instance, the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ...
Videos from social media accounts of Al Qaeda affiliate Jama'a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) show insurgents ...
In Lagos, stage play "Iloya" (a Yoruba word meaning “the journey begins") sheds light on the realities people face while ...
It was a typical day on the set of Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," and a dead mime was screaming. The most unsettling ...
Other types of neurons in swip-10 mutant worms besides those making dopamine also demonstrate degeneration, suggesting to Blakely’s team that links to brain disease might mirror other ...
LA public health officials reported this week that two residents have been infected by Baylisascaris procyonis, also known as ...
the worms can spread to the eye, brain or other organs and 'lead to swelling of the brain and eye disease' that can become ...
RFK Jr., a strange man who left a dead bear cub (that he originally had intended to eat) in New York City’s Central Park and ...
They are that brief flash of movement darting past a glowing street light or they are that wing-wrapped ball of fur ...