MRI scans suggest runners’ brains might use the fatty substance myelin as fuel. The finding could lead to treatments for ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

The CL1, a commercial wetware brain in a box. © Cortical Labs photo. Cortical Labs would like to sell you a brain in a box. It’ll cost about $35,000, and you can ...

Cells in the brain need to communicate with one another, so that they function in tandem to support the body’s requirements. For effective communication and transport of essentials like lipids, ...

Observing the activity of an individual brain cell in humans for the first time, scientists have found that neurons can differentiate objects or people regardless of the contexts in which they ...

In a development that could challenges the boundaries of technology and biology, an Australian startup has unveiled the world's first commercial biological computer, running on living human cells.

impaired cell proliferation, abnormal organ development, disrupted metabolic pathways, and carcinogenicity,” the authors of the Brain Medicine commentary wrote. Many unanswered questions about ...

Here, we discuss the various roles of both microglia and astrocytes, and their interactions during brain development. Although both cells are fundamentally different in origin and function, they often ...

In the fourth episode of The Deep End, Jon Nelson and others describe dealing with emotions they haven’t felt in a long time.

In the first instance a biopsy was taken from his brain, and the tissue tested to allow development of a personalised “vaccine” against the cancer cells. It works by activating the immune ...

The pressure caused by a hematoma can prevent oxygen from reaching nearby brain cells, which can result in death of the oxygen deprived brain cells. In this article, learn more about brain ...