Yet greater awareness of sleep deprivation’s consequences hasn’t translated into a better-rested populace. Data from the CDC ...

Paris conference urges international action against synthetic organisms that could disrupt critical ecosystems ...

A new machine learning model shows that star-shaped brain cells may be responsible for the brain's memory capacity, and someday, it could inspire advances in AI and Alzheimer's research.

Even a bunch of brain cells on a culture plate can show evidence of learning, but what we didn't realize was that the same is true for other types of human cells, like these kidney-derived cells.

A popular weight-loss drug may be changing how doctors treat obesity—but scientists are just starting to uncover exactly how it works inside the brain. A group of researchers from the University ...

The process of creating new brain cells is called neurogenesis. Researchers first observed neurogenesis after birth in lab animals of various ages, including mice, rats and songbirds.

The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it's protected from pathogens and potentially dangerous substances that might be in our blood ...

Gene delivery systems can target specific brain cells, a breakthrough that could lead to treatments for Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

The body’s pathogen fighters can act as surveillance forces that ferry information from the gut and fat deposits to the brain. Similar immune cells are known to populate the membranes covering ...

This $35,000 Computer Runs on Human Brain Cells. Scientists Say It’s Not Conscious—Yet. The path toward our mind-machine merger never has never seemed clearer.

Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems ...