New human clinical trial proves arginine, an amino acid, can modify plaque formation on teeth, thereby protecting against ...

Cholesterol manufactured in the brain appears to play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, new research indicates. Scientists from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and ...

New human clinical trial proves arginine, an amino acid, can modify plaque formation on teeth, thereby protecting ...

Details about the discovery of FAM22A appeared January 21 in the journal Nature Communications, in an article titled, “FAM222A encodes a protein which accumulates in plaques in Alzheimer’s disease.” ...

The active genes in the body have to be copied, or transcribed into RNA molecules, which are then processed in a variety of ways before being translated into proteins. One processing mechanism ...

Alois Alzheimer first imaged amyloid plaques in 1906 by examining dead tissue under the microscope, but their clinical significance has remained undetermined. Now, nearly a century later, ...

Dental plaque is a complex microbial biofilm, not just food debris. The shift from oral health to disease is caused by changes in the balance of plaque’s microbial community, not just the presence of ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human oral microbial biofilm is the plaque that dentists warn us about, and is composed of numerous genetically distinct types of bacteria that live on host surfaces. These biofilms ...

Are microglia the masterminds of amyloid plaque formation? In the August 21 Nature Communications, researchers led by Kim Green at the University of California, Irvine, suggest these cells seed ...