Neuroscientists at Stanford University have grown a tiny, two-centimeter-long ‘sausage’ made of human cells that may hold ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have found that the birth of new brain cells in adults plays a key role in verbal ...

Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a ...

An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that tell cells how to fold DNA into the tightly packed, iconic X-shaped ...

memory formation hinges on connections between groups of engram cells, which are neurons thought to capture and store ...

No longer considered functionless, the “rediscovered” rete ovarii may be crucial for understanding “unexplainable” infertility and ovarian disorders.

The genome database will open up the possibility of personalised medicine, and faster and efficient diagnostics. It will also ...