Articles by David Nield
To help cure Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, we need to understand the mechanisms through which it damages the brain including how the toxic build-up of proteins inside neurons eventοΏ½...
Osteoarthritis in the knees can be very painful and very hard to treat. It often occurs when the protective cartilage around the bones wears away, and in the most severe cases, it may require surgeryοΏ½...
The severe and aggressive autoimmune disease known as neuromyelitis optica (NMO) just met a new match.
Without treatment, NMO can lead to serious disability, as rogue antibodies (AQP4-IgG) destroy tοΏ½...
The recent mission to the moon by Artemis II astronauts was memorable, inspiring, and scientifically important for so many reasons. It also brought us a treasure trove of new images and videos ready οΏ½...
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common form of pancreatic cancer, is particularly deadly and hard to treat.
Most tumors of this type are driven by one or more mutations in the KRAS gene,οΏ½...
The chronic loss of joint cartilage known as osteoarthritis causes pain and bone decay for hundreds of millions of people every day.
But a new treatment option just got a step closer to human trialsοΏ½...
Massage guns are the latest craze in a long history of ideas about vibration therapy that goes back to the ancient Greeks.
But these devices need to be used with care, experts are warning, after a mοΏ½...
To properly understand aging, we have to understand what is slowly unravelling in individual cells.
What is it that makes our cells become less efficient and more vulnerable to disease over time, anοΏ½...
We may not have a definitive cure for cancer yet, but thanks to research, we have an expanding list of risk factors, including levels of exercise, alcohol intake, weight, and even marriage status.
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There's a fair chance you've not heard of the risks of the Toxoplasma gondii parasite and a lack of awareness around it is a dangerous problem, scientists warn.
The parasite infects around a third oοΏ½...
