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Scientists have gained new insights into regulation of one of the body's enzyme workhorses called calpains. As the cell's molecular overachievers, calpains function in many cellular processes, including the movement of cells in tissues, the death of damaged cells, insulin secretion, and brain cell and muscle function.

Scientists in Japan have created cloned mice from the brain tissue of frozen bodies which had been kept in a deep freeze for up to 16 years.

One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is the formation of plaques made of protein aggregates in the brain tissue.

There is still considerable debate among scientists as to whether these plaques are the cause of the neuronal death that occurs in Alzheimer’s or just a by-product of the disease, however.

Researchers have discovered what promises to be the on-off switch behind several major diseases. They report how the GPR91 receptor contributes to activate unchecked vascular growth that causes vision loss in common blinding diseases.

These findings could also have wide-ranging and positive implications for brain tissue regeneration.

An automated system for measuring brain tissue with magnetic resonance imaging can help physicians more accurately diagnose Alzheimer's disease at an earlier stage according to a new study.

Scientists have identified specific molecules in the brain that are responsible for awakening and putting to sleep brain stem cells, which, when activated, can transform into neurons and repair damaged brain tissue.

Their findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science.

Inserting tiny scaffolding into the brain could dramatically reduce damage caused by strokes, according to new research.

Scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry have found that combining scaffold microparticles with neural stem cells could regenerate lost brain tissue.

The protein CD95 is known to act as a molecular switch that triggers the apoptosis death program in cells.

Scientists have now shown that activation of this switch in glioblastoma has a totally unexpected effect. Instead of forcing the cancer cells to commit suicide, their spread is even promoted.

Activation of CD95 was found to increase the tumor's ability to invade surrounding brain tissue. This finding reveals an unexpected target for new therapies.

A team of researchers in Bedford, Mass. has developed a way of examining brain tissue with near-infrared light to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers have developed a way of examining brain tissue with near-infrared light to detect signs of Alzheimer's disease.

The new technique may help identify ways to predict and prevent deadly disease.