By creating personalized brain 'organoids' in the lab, scientists showed how microRNAs impact brain development, and demonstrate how one drug can reverse critical cellular signs of autism.

"Zebrahub" is an atlas of cells in developing zebrafish embryos, and scientists say it will help us learn about our own ...

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Zebrahub datasets allow researchers to conduct virtual experiments examining where cells begin and end up during zebrafish embryonic development.

The 16 organoids that the system runs on are kept in incubators at 37 °C (98.6 °F) and can respond to stimuli through a multi-electrode array (MEA); MEAs are often used in neuroscience to measure the ...

Researchers in biology and medicine have long dreamed of controlling the activities of cells without, for example, having to ...

Over the last two years, staff at the Ukrainian Bat Rehabilitation Center have worked to save bats from the dangers of the Russian full-scale invasion. Now, they join researchers at the Smithsonian Tr ...

Twelve Harvard professors were elected into the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in health and medicine, per a Monday press release.

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