Losing your sense of smell might signal Alzheimer’s far earlier than expected. Scientists found that immune cells in the brain actively destroy smell-related nerve fibers after detecting abnormal ...
All of this motion has subtle but dramatic effects on the sleeping brain that the researchers are only beginning to ...
How do neurons transport proteins? A new study reveals that Kinesin-2 motor subtypes regulate cargo specificity.
Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret about our DNA: it’s not a static blueprint, but a constantly shifting, folding ...
A declining sense of smell may be one of the earliest warning signs of Alzheimer's disease, appearing even before noticeable memory problems. New ...
A set of recent research papers proposes that freezing or selectively tuning a small fraction of neurons inside large ...
Scientists have created a super-map of the brain containing 30 million cells to trace the prenatal origins of diseases.
Explore the life and death of Michael Patrick, his battle with Motor Neurone Disease, career highlights, and the concerns ...
Scientists have developed a new class of microscopic antibody fragments capable of functioning inside human cells, overcoming a long-standing limitation in biomedical science.
This year, the first clinical trial is scheduled for a therapy developed based on research using organoids. This is a ...
By studying sea slugs, scientists learned that reviewing information exactly 24 hours later is the best way to strengthen ...
Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered a molecular switch in neurons that limits the ...