For decades, multiple sclerosis research has focused on myelin, the insulation around the brain's wiring. Scientists paid ...

Researchers discover that the nerve cells that make us uniquely human are also uniquely vulnerable to dying during the waves ...

A hidden mechanism in MS may be damaging neurons at their genetic core, offering a potential new way to slow the disease.

What causes gray matter loss in Multiple Sclerosis? New research identifies DNA damage in CUX2 neurons as a primary driver of MS progression.

Researchers have used a new human reference genome, which includes many duplicated and repeat sequences left out of the original human genome draft, to identify genes that make the human brain ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

New studies show alcohol causes premature aging by damaging DNA and shrinking brain tissue, but quitting could protect your ...

An international research collaboration has shed new light on how DNA sequence variation can influence gene activity in the developing human brain. The team, which was led by researchers at the ...

DNA nanopyramids slip through the brain's protective barrier and release cancer drugs only when they detect the acidic environment surrounding a tumor. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Brain tumors are ...

We have been taught that we each have our one unique DNA, a genetic code that is a fixed and sacrosanct definition of our being, identical copies housed in each cell of our bodies. When we spit in a ...

What makes the human brain distinctive? A new study published July 21 in Cell identifies two genes linked to human brain features and provides a road map to discover many more. The research could lead ...