Parkinson's disease occurs when brain cells that produce an important hormone called dopamine begin to die off or become ...

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine have discovered that a virus that has flown under the radar for years might be a potential contributor to the neurodegenerative disorder.

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A drug that targets two parts of the deadly Nipah virus protects against infection in hamsters. And once an animal is ...

Researchers believe a usually harmless virus could trigger Parkinson’s disease. Five out of 10 post-mortem brains of patients ...

The gene therapy regimen seems to be working wonders, including restoring nearly all hearing to a seven-year-old patient ...

Parkinson's disease is a neurogenerative disease that affects more than 1 million people in the U.S. While some cases are ...

In the ongoing fight against HIV, scientists have taken a new step toward long-term control of the virus. Researchers have ...

A progressive neurological disorder affecting 10 million people globally, Parkinson’s can cause disruptive symptoms such as ...

Better yet, when scientists tried to force the virus to mutate and resist the antibodies, it struggled. The few variants that did break through were weak and far less contagious.

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

Five years removed from the onset of Covid-19's global sweep, research into another subset of the coronavirus has scientists worried about another possible pandemic. This virus originated in bats, as ...