A sweeping genetic screen reveals how the brain is built and exposes a hidden gene behind a newly discovered childhood brain ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

MIT researchers are using living cells to target diseased brain areas and deliver tiny electronic devices that can modulate ...

Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

Detailed mapping of 1.2 million brain cells has revealed that not all cell types age in the same way and that some – found in a specific ‘hot spot’ – are more sensitive to the aging process. It opens ...

A research group led by Professor Michael Glickman, dean of Technion's Faculty of Biology, has uncovered a key mechanism in ...

A microscopic parasite that can live for decades in the human brain infects an estimated one-third of the world's population ...

The discovery could pave the way for new treatments, improved risk prediction, and earlier intervention for brain metastases.

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

For Day 3, we’re asking you to spend at least 20 minutes exercising for your brain. Go for a walk with your accountability ...