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An international research team has developed a simple but robust blood test for early detection and screening of Alzheimer's disease, with an accuracy level of over 96%.

Gut microbes could support the formation of new nerve cells in the adult brain by secreting indoles.

In mice, a drug called KNT-127 reduced anxiety-like behavior. The drug caused the reduction of glutamate in the extracellular regions of a part of the brain that controls several emotional states.

A study has found evidence that the immune response to mRNA vaccines is both strong and potentially long-lasting.

A research group analyzing the regulation of photosynthesis have discovered the roles of three proteins, PGRL1, PGRL2 and PGR5, which participate in the control of one subsystem of the photosynthetic apparatus.

In a riposte to the notion that removing wisdom teeth can impair taste, patients who had their wisdom teeth extracted had improved tasting abilities decades after having the surgery, a new study found. This represent one of the first studies to analyze the long-term effects of extraction on taste.

Scientists have obtained polytetrafluoroethylene membranes using a simple, affordable and easily scalable method.

A first-of-its-kind longitudinal study of infant curiosity found that months-old babies most captivated by magic tricks became the most curious toddlers, suggesting a pre-verbal baby's level of interest in surprising aspects of the world remains constant over time and could predict their future cognitive ability.

In the first analysis of its kind, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and several other institutions have linked distinct patterns of genetic mutations with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in humans.

According to a study, a connective tissue protein that supports the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition called sepsis.