Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

To uncover what drives sexual behavior in animals, researchers studied the brain activity of male mice throughout the series ...

About 20 years ago, scientists discovered that skin cells could be converted into pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which can ...

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

Scientists have developed a breakthrough technique to directly convert skin cells into neurons, bypassing the need for stem ...

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

Observing the activity of an individual brain cell in humans for the first time, scientists have found that neurons can differentiate objects or people regardless of the contexts in which they were ...

QRL-101 is designed to open Kv7.2/7.3 ion channels, which work as gates for potassium in nerve cells and help control their ...

Enhancing levels of "healthy fats" like omega-3s in the brain could be beneficial in motor neuron disease (MND) finds a new study in fruit flies and brain cells, led by UCL researchers. Previous ...

A recently launched Phase 1 clinical trial is examining the safety and feasibility of a groundbreaking treatment approach for Parkinson's disease in which a patient's stem cells are reprogrammed to ...