New research published in the journal Disease Models & Mechanisms offers insights into how glial cells — the supportive cells ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that impaired glucose metabolism in glial cells, a type of ...

A harmful form of the tau protein, which builds up in Alzheimer's disease and similar brain disorders, can directly damage ...

UNM scientists have developed a promising tau-targeting vaccine for Alzheimer’s, showing strong immune responses in animals ...

Researchers have built a synthetic tau-protein fragment that acts like a prion and could reveal more about tauopathies.

Researchers have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that behaves like a prion. This synthetic fragment forms ...

Researchers hope to launch human clinical trials in their quest for a vaccine to prevent the buildup of pathological tau after demonstrating that this vaccine generated a robust immune response in ...

Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California, Santa Barbara have created the first synthetic fragment of tau protein that acts like a prion. The "mini prion" folds and stacks ...