Tiny micro- and nanoplastic fragments seem to be turning up everywhere, including one of the most well-protected parts of the ...

Study finds micro- and nanoplastics in nearly all human brain samples, raising concerns they bypass defenses and build over ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elaine Bearer found that the microplastic clumps taken from brain samples are actually clusters of hook-shaped nanoplastics.

A Northwestern Medicine research lab has found a usually harmless virus in brain samples from Parkinson’s patients. The idea that Parkinson’s could be linked to a virus had been theorized for years, ...

In order to understand brain diseases, neuroscientists try to untangle the intricate nerve fibre labyrinth of our brain. Before analysing brain tissue under a microscope, it is often soaked in ...

Since the publication of the Human Genome Project, researchers have expanded the field of genomics to probe deeper into the underpinnings of human biology and disease, including studies of the body’s ...

Strange brown specks in two donated brains set a seasoned neuropathologist on an unexpected path. Elaine Bearer had examined countless samples during her long career, yet these glassy clusters puzzled ...