Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered a novel mechanism involved in brain development. They found that small ...

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has raised the alarm over the potential spread of cerebrospinal meningitis (CSM), a contagious disease, in several regions of northern ...

The Ghana Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists (GAMLS) has called for heightened surveillance to address the outbreak of ...

Stationed within the meninges, squads of immune cells lie in wait, ready to unleash an inflammatory assault within the brain if needed. Holding these trigger-happy troops back during peacetime falls ...

Here's what bacterial meningitis is, how it's different from viral and other types of meningitis, and what treatment can be expected.

Immune cells called regulatory T cells have long been known for their role in countering inflammation. In the setting of ...

Kaviya was diagnosed with several meningiomas (tumors that grow in the meninges, the protective layers of the brain) in 2023, following persistent bouts of headaches and other symptoms. The tumors ...

Some types of meningitis are not contagious (spread from person to person). Meningitis is an inflammation or infection of the meninges, the protective layers of tissue between the brain and the skull.

In the most serious cases, part of a baby’s spinal cord can push through the opening and form a sac containing spinal fluid, meninges (one of the brain’s protective layers), and nervous system ...