Stem cell therapy reversed stroke damage in mice, regenerating neurons and restoring movement. The findings bring scientists closer to human treatments that could one day transform recovery after ...

Learn more about the new biological computer that fuses brain cells and computer chips — and uses far less energy.

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death ...

A study by Dorothy P. Schafer, Ph.D., and Travis E. Faust, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, explains how two different ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through ...

Hemoglobin could hold the key to new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases. The protein found in red blood cells that transports oxygen in the body could play a potentially game-changing—and ...

Taste is one of our most vital senses, shaping appetite, nutrition, and quality of life. Yet taste buds are fragile, relying ...

To dig deeper, the researchers developed a method for measuring activation patterns in astrocytes across a whole brain of a ...