Researchers from the University of New Hampshire looked at the developmental process of the cerebral cortex—the outermost ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

In 2006, Shinya Yamanaka made a groundbreaking discovery that would win him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine just ...

National Institutes of Health researchers have mapped how individual neurons in the primary somatosensory cortex receive ...

It doesn't matter how full you are, you can always fit in a bite or two or three of pie and ice cream. Scientists say it has ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect ...

Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings, with individuals cycling between periods of intense energy and ...

Converting one type of cell to another — for example, a skin cell to a neuron — can be done through a process that requires ...

Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical & Scientific Conference, convening in Dallas, Texas, from March 16-18, will feature ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

Neurons collected from brain lesions in MS patients were found to accumulate new genetic mutations faster than healthy nerve ...