Neurodegenerative disease is an illness caused by the progressive loss of structure or function of neurons (nerve cells), including death of neurons for example motor neurone disease or Alzheimer's disease.
Researchers have used genome editing to reveal genes that could be new therapeutic drug targets for the neurodegenerative condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)...
Scientists revealed an innovative method which can be used to transplant blood-forming stem cells directly into the brain...
A breakthrough trial has successfully reduced levels of the harmful protein that causes the neurodegenerative disease Huntington's...
Two common variants of TMEM106B and progranulin (GRN) genes have been discovered to accelerate normal brain ageing...
A gene variant resulting in red hair and fair skin, already known to increase the risk of melanoma, may also predispose carriers to the development of Parkinson's disease, a recent study conducted in mice has found...
The first scientists have moved into the new building for the Francis Crick Institute, located next to St Pancras station in central London...
My research on families living with the genetic disorder Spinal Muscular Atrophy calls into question some of the assumptions underlying the belief that genetic disease is, inherently and by its very definition, a trait to be avoided...
Two girls have become the first children to be diagnosed with rare genetic conditions through the 100,000 Genomes Project — the NHS DNA-sequencing initiative...
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has invested US $50 million in a biotech start-up in an effort to commercialise gene therapy...
Davide Vannoni, head of the Stamina Foundation in Turin, Italy, and pioneer of a controversial stem cell therapy, has once again hit the headlines amid allegations of poor research methodology...
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