Prions

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Colored transmission electron micrograph (TEM) showing an amyloid plaque in a brain with Alzheimer’s disease.

Skeptics challenge claims of Alzheimer’s disease transmission via growth hormone

Some people who received cadaver-derived human growth hormone may not have Alzheimer’s as previously suggested, according to a new Perspective article.

By Shaena Montanari
23 August 2024 | 6 min read
Headshot of Stanley Prusiner.

Nobel Prize winner’s paper to be corrected, according to co-author

A data sleuth flagged an apparent duplicate image in the 2015 prion study led by neurologist and biochemist Stanley Prusiner.

By Elissa Welle
27 March 2024 | 4 min read

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Myelin research image.

Beyond glucose: The brain may feed itself

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By Carlos Matute
26 May 2026 | 6 min read
Research image of genetic models

SHANK3-variant effects in primates, and more

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By Jill Adams
26 May 2026 | 2 min read
Research image of locus coeruleus

Brain’s blue spot possesses unexpected structure-function ties

The spatial arrangement of neurons in the locus coeruleus of mice corresponds with the cells’ targets across the brain, according to a new study.

By Holly Barker
25 May 2026 | 4 min read