New study suggests cancer drug could be used to target protein connection that spurs Parkinson’s disease

In studies with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified a potentially new biological target involving Aplp1, a cell surface protein that drives the spread of

Using the body’s ‘invisible scalpel’ to remove brain cancer

Glioblastoma, the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, grows rapidly to invade and destroy healthy brain tissue. The tumor sends out cancerous tendrils into the brain that make

Superspreader fibrils caught in the act

The treatment of dementia disorders such as Alzheimer’s is still one of the greatest challenges facing modern medicine. In the course of neurodegenerative diseases, certain proteins such as the amyloid