Researchers with the Advanced Science Research Center at the CUNY Graduate Center (CUNY ASRC) have unveiled a critical ...

Immune cells in the brain called microglia can partially break down large amyloid plaques characteristic of Alzheimer's disease by latching on to them, forming a sort of external stomach and releasing ...

Researchers at the CUNY Graduate Center have made a groundbreaking discovery in Alzheimer's disease research, identifying a ...

Researchers identified a stress-induced microglial pathway that accelerates Alzheimer’s disease by releasing toxic lipids ...

Researchers say the breakthrough marks a "promising" target for drug treatments that slow, or possibly even reverse, the ...

SCIENTISTS investigating Alzheimer’s disease have made a key breakthrough, having identified a key cellular process driving ...

Scientists at Dalhousie University in Halifax, and Io Therapeutics, Inc. in Spring Texas, announced today collaborative publication of data from studies demonstrating effectiveness of the RXR agonist ...

Dark Microglia and Alzheimer's Disease: Using electron microscopy, the researchers identified an accumulation of "dark microglia," a subset of microglia associated with cellular stress and ...

Arizona State University and Banner Alzheimer's Institute researchers, along with their collaborators, have discovered a surprising link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and ...

The role of the brain's immune cells Microglia, or the brain's immune cells, are activated when responding to infections.