Pamela J. Lein considers whether micro- and nanoplastics are accumulating in the brain and the question of whether they are ...

Scientists reverse Alzheimer's memory loss in mice by using NAD+ to restore brain energy, defying decades of research.

Researchers found that very small numbers of gut bacteria can translocate to the brain in mice, particularly when gut barrier ...

Microplastics can be found in clothes, food, and even water — but now, they have been found somewhere even more unsettling: inside the human brain. A recent report from the New York Times is making ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elaine Bearer found that the microplastic clumps taken from brain samples are actually clusters of hook-shaped nanoplastics.

Microplastics have moved from distant ocean gyres into the most intimate of places: the human brain. A growing body of research now suggests these tiny fragments may not just be passengers in our ...

A Northwestern Medicine research lab has found a usually harmless virus in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. The idea that Parkinson’s could be linked to a virus had been theorized for years, ...

Since the publication of the Human Genome Project, researchers have expanded the field of genomics to probe deeper into the underpinnings of human biology and disease, including studies of the body’s ...