The UN has declared November 24 as World Conjoined Twins Day,1 an initiative led by Saudi Arabia to raise global awareness about the medical and societal challenges faced by conjoined twins and their ...
Cancer Cytogenomic Laboratory, Center for Research and Drug Development, Post-Graduate Program of Pathology, and Post-Graduate Program of Translational Medicine, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza ...
People with Down syndrome have a very high risk of developing Alzheimer's disease due to their extra copy of chromosome 21, which carries the APP gene. Consequently, Alzheimer's disease is the leading ...
Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy are both characterised by the pathological accumulation of misfolded α-synuclein protein (thereby, both conditions are referred to as ...
Preventive therapies targeting calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)—ie, monoclonal anti-CGRP or anti-CGRP receptor antibodies, which are injected subcutaneously or intravenously, and gepants, which ...
Brain oedema after major ischaemic infarction is a life-threatening complication for which no preventive therapy exists. Decompressive hemicraniectomy can be lifesaving and improve functional outcomes ...