Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s also predisposes for COVID-19 infection

It seems that the genetic risk of an APOE4 variant in the APOE gene, not only…

Why do (some) animals get tipsy?

Humans are not the only animals with a taste for alcohol. It has been described in…

A mutation could protect from familiar Alzheimer’s cognitive decline

A reported case study in a colombian woman, member of a family carriers of a mutation…

The art of forgetting: microglia eats memories away in mice

As important as remembering, it is forgetting. As Sherlock Holmes said the brain is like a…

High alcohol consumption linked to single brain receptor…in mice

Too much of anything is usually a mistake, when we speak of a substance of abuse…

Gene therapy safe and potentially effective against colour blindness

Gene therapy was a 90s hit. The most promising medical advance of the decade was almost…

Brain structure differences associated with smartphone addiction

Smartphones are our everyday travel companion. Be it for work, in our leisure time or to…

Gene modification drives 500% life extension in worms

Believe it to not, little worms (C.elegans) are an useful tool for researchers studying aging. Specially,…

A protein family linked to health benefits of exercise

We all know exercise is important to be healthy, every doctor in the world would tell…

A bacteria behind celiac disease?

I am sure you know people who have decided to go gluten free because they want…