Study finds antibodies that target Epstein-Barr virus proteins can also attack proteins in the brain, increasing the likelihood of MS.

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which ...

EBV antibodies trigger MS by attacking brain proteins. Genetic factors worsen risk. Breakthrough insights for treatment.

Based on the molecular mimicry hypothesis, the team identified 17 microbialpeptides very similar to insulin B:9-23. Testing them in immune cells obtained from type 1 diabetes patients, they identified ...

According to Altindis, molecular mimicry is one autoimmune mechanism in which the immune system cannot distinguish between a foreign antigen that shares a structural similarity with a host protein and ...

Department of Neurology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan ...

The study relied on electrodes placed in the brains of parrots and songbirds and tracked the behavior of neurons in a region ...

Ph.D., a professor and chair of biochemistry and molecular biology at the UF College of Medicine,” the University has said. What is the diet the researchers have linked to lung cancer?

Evolution is the process of heritable change in populations of organisms over multiple generations. Evolutionary biology is the study of this process, which can occur through mechanisms including ...

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucus overlying the epithelium of the stomach in more than 50% of the world’s population. This ...

Molecular neuroscience is a branch of neuroscience that examines the biology of the nervous system with molecular biology, molecular genetics, protein chemistry and related methodologies. Axonal ...

Mar. 12, 2025 — A new study analyzing diet, average plasma sugar levels and cancer prevalence in some 273 vertebrate species showed surprising results. The study found no significant link ...