Scientists have identified around 400 species of free-living amoebae, but only six are known to cause disease in humans - ...

Feeling fear is an evolutionary survival tactic. A small number of people have a rare condition that means they're not scared ...

Sky News has spent a year speaking to experts around the world to investigate the unintended side effects of cadaver implants, with one patient telling us she is "living with a death sentence".

Results from a three-year trial suggest an experimental gene therapy for Huntington's disease can slow the progression of the ...

Replacing immune cells called microglia holds promise for addressing brain conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals IONS announced positive topline results from a pivotal phase III study evaluating its investigational ...

By improving gait stability, Ionis’ zilganersen could be “potentially disease modifying,” according to analysts at William ...

Study identifies rare genetic variants in antiviral, inflammatory, and autophagy pathways in children with severe chickenpox ...

Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed.

The “brain-eating amoeba” is known to manifest as very high fever and rapid deterioration of vitals. It is found in warm ...

Amoebic meningoencephalitis, a rare and often fatal brain infection caused by the free-living amoeba Naegleria fowleri, has ...

The family of a three-year-old girl with a rare degenerative brain disease have said they are holding on to the hope that a cure will be found in her lifetime. Teraysa, who lives in Christchurch, ...