Five hundred people in the Canadian province of New Brunswick were diagnosed with a "mystery brain disorder" that resembled prion disease; a 2025 study offered explanations, but some patients rejected ...

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New research links inflammation to mental health symptoms. Personalized care using brain and immune data could improve ...

As the global population ages, brain diseases like dementia are on the rise, as health experts sound the alarm over the increasing prevalence. Nearly 56 million individuals are grappling with dementia ...

Six years ago, a Canadian neurologist claimed to notice strange symptoms in a cluster of patients in New Brunswick, a province bordering Maine. According to the neurologist, Dr. Alier Marrero, the ...

It’s hard to overstate how crucial microglia are to brain health. These humble immune cells quietly patrol the central nervous system, clearing debris, pruning synapses, and maintaining myelin. But ...

A new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston investigated both gene expression and regulation at single cell levels to ...

Replacing mutant microglia with healthy donor-derived microglia has emerged as a promising treatment for adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP). In a small ...

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