Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a new approach that directly combats the progression of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new method using sugar-coated stem cells could improve liver disease treatments and reduce the need for organ transplants.

Leukemia is adept at dodging the immune system, making it resistant to many of the newest generation of cancer immunotherapies. Now, researchers have identified a key part of the cancer's disguise: a ...

Misfolded proteins thought to play a critical role in the progress of various neurodegenerative conditions could be prevented from forming toxic plaques with the injection of a specially designed ...

A new therapy involving laser light and sugar-coated gold nanoparticles can rapidly destroy slimy bacterial accumulations called "biofilms" that cause tooth decay and infect wounds—all without needing ...

Stories of wolves disguising themselves as Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother—or predators hiding in sheep’s clothing—are reminders of how deception can mask danger. Cancer, too, can be a master of ...

A new method developed by scientists could soon make liver disease treatment easier and more effective—without a transplant. In cell therapies, researchers are constantly searching for new methods of ...

A plant-based peptide therapy forms nanofibers that trap toxic proteins linked to neurodegeneration, preventing them from entering and damaging neurons. (Nanowerk News) Scientists at Northwestern ...