Parents of five-week-old Lily Sisco say their daughter is a “fighter” as they struggle with the potential long-lasting ...

Since the Flame computer virus was discovered earlier this week, much attention has been focused on the cleverness of this piece of malicious code. Some online security experts say the fact that ...

A common, seemingly harmless childhood virus may be responsible for deadly brain tumours, new research has revealed. About 70 per cent of children have the JC virus in their bodies.

Dormant viruses lurking in the brain could be activated by a head injury and trigger Alzheimer's, research has suggested. Studies have long warned that concussions and blows to the head may raise ...

The new study found evidence of viruses only in the brain lining, despite also inspecting samples of the hippocampus – a brain region involved with learning, memory, and emotion, among other roles.

Turning the Tide Against Brain Cancer Glioblastoma is often called “the terminator” of brain cancers — swift, invasive, and resistant to traditional therapies. But oncolytic viruses offer hope.

A 2022 study in the U.K. analyzing brain scans of more than 700 participants found that there was "a greater reduction in global brain size" in patients who contracted COVID-19 compared to people ...

A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia risk. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

There's also the mystery of how exactly the brain is affected, she says, which could be caused by a number of factors, including an inflammatory response in the brain or nerve cells damaged by the ...