Brain stem cells cortical development works differently than scientists believed for 60 years: two parallel, fate-committed ...

A rare two-headed crested gecko named Simon and Garfunkel was born five weeks ago at Rockstar Geckos in northeastern ...

A new study demonstrates that neural stem cells in the developing cerebral cortex branch into parallel lineages early in ...

Discovered in 1955, the Oropouche virus has circulated mainly in the Amazon, causing a febrile illness virtually ...

NIH-supported findings reveal a previously unknown aspect of human brain aging that may contribute to cognitive decline and ...

As cases surged in 2024 in Brazil, reports also emerged of deaths and babies born with microcephaly and other congenital ...

Between midlife and older age, brain cells undergo unexpected shifts in inflammation and gene regulation. The findings ...

Stem cell-derived dopamine cell transplantation appears feasible and may reduce medication needs in PD, but longer follow-up is needed to establish its clinical benefit and long-term safety.

A new genetic screening method allows researchers to efficiently modulate individual genes across entire tissues and provides new insights into human development. The research, published in eLife, is ...

The cytoskeleton gives cells their shape and helps them move. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich and the Ludwig Maximilian University now show that, in neural stem cells, proteins of the cytoskeleton are ...

We are born with the essential architecture of our brain raring to go. Over the previous nine months – give or take – some 100 billion neurons have sprung from a single 3 millimetre “neural tube” in ...

A new Yale study reveals that major organ systems in the body aren’t just passive structures operating on directions from command central — aka the brain — but instead are active participants in ...