Using in-vitro models of a specific type of brain cell, scientists show that neurons are capable of changing from one type to ...

the team noticed that the brain’s immune cells (known as microglia) clear plaques, and subsequently get to work restoring a healthy environment in which the brain can heal. A spatial ...

A USC research team discovered that a single genetic signal may be preventing both hearing and vision cells from repairing themselves. By turning off this signal in mice, they triggered cell growth in ...

So far, brain regeneration in the axolotl has been studied ... Genes can be introduced into cells using different methodologies, such as by hijacking harmless viruses to deliver genes.

"The intestine has an enormous ability to regenerate itself after injury, and it does this through a model of dedifferentiation," Dempsey explains. "The cells dedifferentiate back into a type of ...