It is believed most humans are exposed to this virus; called cytomegalovirus or HCMV; during the first few decades of life. Cytomegalovirus is one of nine herpes viruses, however, this one is not ...

What if the key to slowing down aging lies within our brains? A groundbreaking study reveals exciting clues about how certain cells become inflamed and lose function with age. Could the hypothalamus ...

A chronic gut infection caused by a common virus may be linked to the progression of Alzheimer ’s disease, a new study has ...

Microglia can partially break down amyloid plaques by "spitting" a digestive enzyme at them, a new study has found.

Researchers have discovered a link between a chronic gut infection caused by a common virus and the development of ...

Inflammation and Immune Response: Both Alzheimer’s disease and alcohol use disorder showed heightened activity in ...

Researchers have identified a specific brain region in mice where aging triggers significant changes in numerous cell types.

The researchers discovered that the ISR pathway causes brain immune cells called microglia to become dark and harmful, rather ...

New treatments to slow the aging of the brain may be possible following a major breakthrough. American scientists have ...

A sequence of stress signals among specialized clean-up cells in the brain could at last reveal why some immune responses can ...