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Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage to the ‘myelin sheath’, a protective covering wrapped around nerve cells akin to insulation around an electrical wire. Researchers have discovered how the body initiates repair mechanisms which will limit the extent of any damage to this sheath.

A 15-year old from West Sussex, diagnosed with a brain tumor last August, will become one of the first patients in the UK to receive state-of-the-art proton beam therapy treatment at a new £125 million center opened in Manchester.

A new study reveals the role of a protein that serves to block HIV gene expression once it has entered human cells.

The DNA replication process, which takes place every time a cell divides, also triggers repair of DNA damage, researchers have described in a new study, where they have studied extracts from frog eggs, whose proteins are very similar to those of human cells.

The complex sugars found in human breastmilk, long believed to be fixed in their composition, may change in women who are taking probiotics.

Research reveals a new approach to Alzheimer's disease (AD) that may eventually make it possible to reverse memory loss, a hallmark of the disease in its late stages.

Near infrared hyperspectral imaging and chemometrics that can sort between different types of plastic and between different additions of flame retardant could improve recycling success.

A new, groundbreaking tool for visualizing neural activity has implications for understanding brain functions and disorders, according to new research by University of Alberta scientists and a team of international collaborators.

Forty to 60 percent of all people treated for substance use disorders relapse, presenting a major challenge to treatment success. New research shows that erasing memories that associate environmental cues with drug use significantly reduces drug seeking behaviors in rats, opening a potential avenue for developing more effective therapies to prevent relapse.

Swallowing a small capsule attached to a long string could be the way forward in detecting esophogeal cancer.