“Rather than following pre-programmed genetic instructions, cells are elevated to entities equipped with a very basic form of decision making based on learning from their environments,” said ...

The human body contains more than 200 types of cells by most estimates, all descended from a single fertilized egg. The spindly cells of the skin, the gangly branching neurons, the plump fat cells, ...

In a new study published in Science, Yale researchers have identified how brain cells begin to coalesce into this wired network in early development before experience has a chance to shape the ...

He thinks that intercellular communications create a sort of code that imprints a form, and that cells can sometimes decide how to arrange themselves more or less independently of their genes. In ...

They grew and integrated with the rodents’ own neural circuits, eventually making up around one-sixth of their brains. These animals could be used to learn more about human neuropsychiatric ...

Scientists borrow from electronics to build circuits in living cells Date: May 25, 2017 Source: University of Washington Summary: Synthetic biology researchers have demonstrated a new method for ...

MORE TO EXPLORE. Multi-input RNAi-Based Logic Circuit for Identification of Specific Cancer Cells. Zhen Xie et al. in Science, Vol. 333, pages 1307–1322; September 2, 2011.. Synthetic Analog and ...

In the new study, specialized circuits known as logic gates were designed in the lab, then incorporated into living cells. The tiny circuit switches are tripped when messages (in the form of RNA ...

Inside cells are small compartments called organelles that perform specific functions essential for the cell’s survival and operation. For instance, the nucleus stores genetic material, and ...

Immune cells called 'microglia' have been found to be critical in controlling the activity of neurons. ... Tiny Scavenger Cells Help Control Overactive Brain Circuits. ... One such cell type is ...

Nervous systems recreate properties of the environment in activity patterns referred to as neural representations. In this Review, Moser and colleagues examine how grid cells in the medial ...

In one experiment, Dr. Pasca’s team implanted an organoid from a patient with Timothy syndrome on one side of a rat’s brain and implanted another organoid without the mutation on the other ...