“Acute” means that the cancer tends to develop quickly and requires aggressive treatment. “Chronic” leukemias tend to develop slower. AML develops in the blood-producing cells in your bone marrow and ...

Researchers found that individuals have distinct baseline levels of brain-derived proteins in cerebrospinal fluid, masking ...

It was a shot in the dark — or at best, a dimly lit room: injecting a mouse with a little bit of spinal cord fluid from someone with the most common form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Then ...

New UC San Francisco research sheds light on how immune system B cells that infiltrate the central nervous system may drive multiple sclerosis (MS), pointing the way to a new generation of targeted ...

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(Gray News) - Long COVID-19 can cause many lingering symptoms for months, including “brain fog” – problems with thinking, memory, and concentration. A recent small study from the University of ...

A college student has had a tube fitted in her skull to channel spinal fluid from her brain to her stomach. Melissa Peacock, 17, had the operation to relieve the pain caused by excess fluid on the ...