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Graphic illustration of multiple sclerosis (MS) and damaged myelin, healthy nerve with exposed fiber, and scarred cell sheath loss.

Experts Recommend Genetic Testing to Prevent Fatal Brain Infection

Emerald Lake Safety

MS and PML experts argue that preventive screening should become the new standard of care

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Novel Genes That May Increase Schizophrenia Risk Identified

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

The largest known study of its kind also shows the risk is shared across ethnicities

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PD Patient Receives First-Ever Stem Cell-Based Transplant

Lund University

Transplant replaces dopaminergic neurons, which are degenerated in patients with Parkinson’s disease

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Dietary Supplement May Alter Key Alzheimer's Biomarkers

University of Delaware

Since NAD+ gets depleted with age, supplementing it via diet could decelerate neurodegeneration

A pair of gloved hands hold a laboratory test tube with blood in one and a model of human brain in another.

New Blood-Based Biomarker to Diagnose Vascular Dementia

UCLA Health

Angiogenic biomarkers could allow clinicians to distinguish Alzheimer's-predominant dementia from significant vascular contribution

A female personal caregiver helps a male senior patient stand up from the bed.

Preliminary Form of Parkinson’s Indicator in Stool Sample

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Isolated REM sleep behavior and gut-brain axis may also help study Parkinson’s disease

3D illustration of a motor neuron connecting to a muscle fiber.

Scientists Discover Rare Brain Disease Involving Cellular Recycling

National Institutes of Health

New disease to provide insights into how the cell’s recycling system contributes to a healthy brain

3D-illustration showing a connection from the gut to the brain.

Studies Link Microbiome Changes to Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

National Institutes of Health

Imbalances in gut microbiome may serve as biomarkers for chronic fatigue syndrome

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A New Way to Monitor Blood Flow in the Brain

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences

The πNIRS technique could make life easier for doctors and patients worldwide

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Public-Private Partnership for Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The FDA and NIH launch a partnership aimed at understanding and combating rare neurodegenerative diseases