The Latest Breaking News from Disease

The patient was unknowingly infected with an abnormal protein that causes a rare, fatal neurological disease with no treatment.

Scientists say new approach means effects of many genetic mutations can be analysed at once and yield results in days

Researchers say a full-scale clinical trial of the therapy could help many patients with a particularly aggressive form of ALS

Report ignores common dangers to children, focuses on Kennedy’s favored topics – and will be forcefully opposed

Researchers have developed a new blood test capable of rapidly diagnosing rare genetic diseases in babies and children.

Could cold sores be linked to an increased risk of developing dementia? Could cold sore treatment be used to treat Alzheimer’s?

Practice could put some people at greater risk of complications like heart disease, researchers warn

For much of the 21st century, one theory has dominated research efforts to cure Alzheimer’s disease: the amyloid hypothesis. Beta-amyloid is a protein that builds up in clumps, or plaques, in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease and is linked to their cognitive decline.

Many of the patients are being treated in Lubbock, a medical hub for the South Plains where the outbreak originated.