A collision happens. Someone is hurt, a head injury, a concussion. Just as the first responders arrive to help the person, ...

Inflammation is triggered by the immune system and is part of the body's natural response to injuries or disease. However, ...

Microglia, the brain’s immune cells, play vital roles in clearing toxins and maintaining neuronal health but can also ...

A collision happens. Someone is hurt, a head injury, a concussion. Just as the first responders arrive to help the person, ...

The study's findings are crucial in the rapidly emerging field of developing disease-modifying therapies that target microglia.

Researchers at the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet have taken an important step toward ...

The gas xenon, like the other noble, or inert, gases, is known for doing very little. The class of elements, because of its ...

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia — it causes memory loss, confusion, thinking problems and behavioral changes.

The next Alzheimer’s treatment could come from an unexpected place. In new research released this week, scientists have found evidence in mice that xenon gas might be able to help treat the ...

Mutations in NPC1 cause Niemann-Pick Type C. Mice lacking NPC1 only in microglia have rampant neuroinflammation and impaired ...

Genetic differences that contribute to how long a person will live and their risk of Alzheimer's disease have been identified ...

Researchers from the Epigenetics and Immune Disease Laboratory at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute in ...