When a house catches on fire, we assume that a smoke alarm inside will serve one purpose and one purpose only: warn the ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

If a person damages the brain or spine, nerve cells do not regenerate spontaneously. The mechanism has been there since the ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Researchers developed two computational tools to decode how cells communicate in tissues. sCCIgen creates realistic virtual ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that targeting a specific immune process ...

The fibers of the vagus nerve have many crucial roles. The vagus nerve helps regulate many physical functions including controlling heart rate and speech; it is related to the feeling of satiety after ...

Biologists have long treated cell membranes as passive barriers, thin skins that separate the chemistry of life from the ...