Neurodegenerative Diseases

Dementia is a neurodegenerative disease characterised by a progressive and persistent decline in memory functions and related skills affecting the day-to-day life of a person. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia (around 70%), followed by vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia ...

Researchers from Emory University have announced the development of an 'intrabody' tool that may help in wiping off the clusters of the mutant protein responsible for neurodegeneration in Huntington's disease. ...