Researchers have discovered a new biomarker for Parkinson's disease. A misfolded protein facilitates reliable diagnosis even in the early stages of Parkinson's disease in body fluids.

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that is usually diagnosed in its late stage on the basis of clinical ...

Researchers at Ruhr University Bochum and betaSENSE identified a biomarker in spinal fluid that detects early-stage Parkinson ...

Here, using stem cell-derived human and mouse spinal organoids, the authors reveal inter-species differences for ciliopathy genes and a role for cilia in human axial patterning.

Damage to these cells leads to capillary damage ... and three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Meningitis can occur when fluid surrounding these membranes becomes infected.

A lumbar puncture is a test to check the fluid that circulates around the brain and spinal cord. This is called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF. A lumbar puncture can check for cancer cells or for ...

Side views of the capsule during its migration at each time at non-dimensional frequency being 0.02 for capillary number being and 0.05. Credit: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (2025). DOI: 10.1017/jfm ...

Watch: Germantown woman shares message after surviving rare spinal-fluid health scare Germantown woman survives rare spinal-fluid health scare "This comes up very rarely," Plitt said. "It's ...

Because its physical properties are so unique, understanding the fluid dynamics of flowing biological cells like these has been an important topic of research. New insights can lead to the ...

Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body ...

Female hormones can suppress pain by making immune cells near the spinal cord produce opioids, a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has found. This stops pain signals before they get to ...