“Acute” means that the cancer tends to develop quickly and requires aggressive treatment. “Chronic” leukemias tend to develop slower. AML develops in the blood-producing cells in your bone marrow and ...

A team of researchers led by Rice University's Jacob Robinson and the University of Texas Medical Branch's Peter Kan has developed a technique for diagnosing, managing and treating neurological ...

It was a shot in the dark — or at best, a dimly lit room: injecting a mouse with a little bit of spinal cord fluid from someone with the most common form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Then ...

The memory of aging mice improved when they received a substance found in the spinal fluid of young animals and young people. The finding suggests a new approach to treating Alzheimer's disease. Next ...

Researchers have demonstrated that a new liquid biopsy approach overcomes traditional barriers to quickly and efficiently diagnose and monitor high-grade pediatric gliomas. For many cancers, doctors ...

High levels of a certain enzyme in the fluid around a person’s brain and spinal cord could be a sign that they have Parkinson’s disease – potentially enabling the condition to be diagnosed earlier.

DURHAM, N.C. - People who have a gene variant associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease also tend to have changes in the fluid around their brain and spinal cord that are ...

Researchers identified a protein in the fluid that could boost the cognition of aging animals — and might lead to future treatments for people. By Benjamin Mueller Five years ago, Tal Iram, a young ...

The ratio between two signaling molecules may be a key marker of MS brain inflammation and help identify candidates for BTK ...