There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

Summary: A team of investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Google, and Columbia University have created an artificial intelligence model that can ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture. Grown ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

A newly identified enzyme appears to control tau production, brain inflammation, and aging. Researchers at the University of ...

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important ...

The study, published in British scientific journal Nature, suggests that the disease may begin in basal stem cells — ...

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...