The study's findings are crucial in the rapidly emerging field of developing disease-modifying therapies that target microglia.

Microglia, the brain’s immune cells, play vital roles in clearing toxins and maintaining neuronal health but can also ...

Inflammation is triggered by the immune system and is part of the body's natural response to injuries or disease. However, ...

A collision happens. Someone is hurt, a head injury, a concussion. Just as the first responders arrive to help the person, ...

Researchers from the Epigenetics and Immune Disease Laboratory at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute in ...

Based on the Phase 1 results and preclinical profile of VG-3927, the Company plans to advance a once-daily oral dose of 25mg that fully engages the desired pharmacology and expects to initiate the ...

A study led by Turkish researcher Pinar Ayata unveiled a critical mechanism involving microglia—specialized immune cells in the brain—that could open new avenues for treating Alzheimer's ...

The study highlights microglia, the brain's primary immune cells, as central players in both the protective and harmful responses associated with the disease. Researchers with the Advanced Science ...

Electron micrographs show typical microglia in the prefrontal cortex of a 92-year-old healthy female (left) and dark microglia a 91-year-old female patient with Alzheimer’s disease (right).

American researchers say it marks a "promising" target for drug treatments aiming to slow, or even reverse, the disease's development ... immune cells - called microglia - play a key role in ...