Rebecca Dyer

Researchers have discovered how a surface protein on brain cells, called Aplp1, can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell to cell in the brain.

BMC Public Health , May 2025 This study aims to assess the relationship between engaging in recreational activities before the pandemic and levels of psychological distress during the pandemic.

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed.

Illustration of a healthy neuron (left), neuron with Alzheimer's (center), and a dead neuron being engulfed by microglia (right). (Science Photo Library/Canva)

Researchers have discovered how a surface protein on brain cells, called Aplp1, can play a role in spreading material responsible for Parkinson's disease from cell to cell in the brain.

Cannabis use may leave lasting fingerprints on the human body, a study of over 1,000 adults published in 2023 suggests – not in our DNA code itself, but in how that code is expressed.

There's some kind of pattern.