The disruption of axons—the thread-like part of nerve cells that transmits electrical signals—is associated with Alzheimer's disease. One way axonal function may be hindered is through damage to the ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

The average human cell contains roughly 10,000 different proteins. Existing as several to millions of copies in each cell, proteins mediate all manner of tasks, including chemical transformations, ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids, but ...

In Alzheimer's, brain cells die too soon. In cancer, dangerous cells don't die soon enough. That's because both diseases alter the way cells decide when to end their lives, a process called programmed ...

Microneurography is a method that allows the researchers to listen to the nerve signalling in one nerve cell at a time. No less than 16 different types of nerve cells have been identified by ...