Amjad Alvi is remembered for writing the first free-range PC virus that went viral in an age before the internet. But he’s done so much more.

A virus that normally infects mice has produced Parkinson’s-like brain damage in rodents without any other intervention. In a pilot study, Texas A&M researchers used Theiler’s murine encephalomyelitis ...

There’s a virus you may have never heard of before that is estimated to infect up to 90 percent of people and lurks quietly in your cells for life—but if it becomes activated, it will destroy your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Parkinson's attacks a part of the brain called the substantia nigra. (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) There's a ...

Neurons that fire together really do wire together, says a new study in Science, suggesting that the three-pound computer in our heads may be more malleable than we think. In the latest issue of ...

A new study shows that a common virus can induce Parkinson’s-like brain damage and movement problems. Scientists usually use animal models when studying Parkinson’s disease because these models mimic ...