A study originally focusing on cancer has shown that amyloids — proteins typically linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s — influence inherited traits. The discovery could, say the authors, explain part of our ‘missing heritability’
The University College of London scientist won the prestigious Blavatnik Award for young researchers after laying the groundwork for studying tumor development as an evolutionary process
The research, involving nine Spanish centers, seeks to identify mutations that cause a higher-than-usual incidence of cancer in about 300 families
The researcher in brain mechanisms talks about creating and destroying memories, something she has already managed to do in mice