Microtubules, the dynamic filaments that form the cell's internal scaffolding, have long been viewed as mere passive ...

A new study suggests that two of Alzheimer’s disease’s most debated players may be more closely connected than they first ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a potential new strategy to fight back against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, conditions that are linked to the toxic accumulation of ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a potential new strategy to fight back against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, conditions that are linked to the toxic accumulation of ...

Summary: In the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, proteins like Tau and alpha-synuclein act like “troublemakers,” misfolding and clumping together into toxic aggregates that kill ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a potential new strategy to fight back against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, conditions that are linked to the toxic accumulation of ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered a potential new strategy to fight back against Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, conditions that are linked to the toxic accumulation of ...

α- and β-tubulin form heterodimers, with GTPase activity, that assemble into microtubules. Like other GTPases, the nucleotide-bound state of tubulin heterodimers controls whether the molecules are in ...