In a key advance for regenerative medicine and gut health, scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and Nanyang Technological ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step ...

“Nobody expected that this neuron type could exist but we show very clearly that they do exist,” Quian Quiroga said. They dubbed these brain cells Jennifer Aniston neurons.

When electrical activity travels across the brain, it moves like ripples on a pond. The motion of these "brain waves," first ...

Different cell types have different capacities for survival, including white blood cells. (Image credit: Ed Reschke via Getty Images) Factors such as age, health, sex and type of species further ...

A new Yale study has revealed that neurons—the energy-hungry cells that connect and direct activity in the brain—are equipped ...