In a lab study, a combo of anti-aging drugs appeared to cause a profound loss of the protective coating myelin, which is a ...

The genetic mutation that enables yaks to live in environments with much less oxygen, and may hold the key to repairing nerve damage ...

Researchers have pinpointed a gene mutation associated with survival at high altitudes that could restore myelin to damaged ...

Scientists identify a high-altitude genetic mutation in yaks that produces ATDR, a Vitamin A metabolite that repairs myelin damage in MS and cerebral paralysis.

A two-drug combination frequently used in anti-aging research causes brain damage in mice, report University of Connecticut researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The ...

Scientists have identified a genetic mutation that helps protect the brain function of animals that live in high-altitude, low-oxygen environments... | Genetics And Genomics ...

A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness.

A widely used drug combination in anti-aging research may have a far more complicated effect on the brain than previously recognized. In mice, the treatment appeared to disrupt the cells responsible ...

The virus is the human polyomavirus 2, commonly called either the JC virus or John Cunningham virus, named after the poor ...

The discovery could open up new ways for treating diseases such as MS by leveraging molecules that are already present in the ...