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

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 ...

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

The crazed gunman who massacred four people at the NFL’s headquarters building while holding a note asking that his brain be ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

Authorities in India’s southern state of Kerala have issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water ...

A gene therapy injected into patients’ brains slowed progression of the disease by 75 percent, preliminary findings reported.