A child with a rare genetic disease that affects mitochondria is the first person to receive a new experimental treatment for ...

Microglia replacement therapy helps treat people with a rare genetic condition called ALSP, suggesting the approach could ...

Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP) is a progressive neurological disease with an ...

At age 6, I was diagnosed with a fatal disease. At age 11, I lost my ability to walk. Today, I’m 23 and am fighting for my life — and for all of those who are desperate for a cure.

The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy who was playing typical sports in ...

Infectious diseases make up three of the ten slots in the World Health Organization's top 10 causes of death and account for ...

The FDA will allow a new dosing schedule for Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla that could lessen a known side effect of ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm over the spread of "zombie deer disease" amid fears it may evolve to infect humans. Late last year, experts confirmed Yellowstone National Park’s first case of ...

The disease is fatal for patients after a swift neurological decline. An observation of human brain tissue is pictured, the brown spots are the concentrations of prions, which characterize a ...

Their three children have a fatal disease, and they refused to let the coronavirus take away their only chance at saving them April 25, 2020 More than 5 years ago ...

CWD is a highly contagious, fatal disease that affects animals such as deer, moose, elk and reindeer, causing physiological and behavioral changes, starvation and then death.

Two years after it was first discovered in Louisiana, state wildlife officials have detected seven additional cases of chronic wasting disease, a fatal illness that has afflicted deer in more than ...