Researchers identified 16 distinct types of nerve cells involved in human touch and compared them with those in mice and ...

Researchers have developed tiny, wireless devices capable of wrapping around individual neurons, potentially aiding in the ...

How does the brain store—and access—our memories? While our understanding of the brain has (thankfully) developed greatly from the days of removing cerebral tissue to see what would happen, a precise ...

In healthy rodent brains, newborn neurons are constantly generated in the stem cell niche, known as the subventricular zone ...

Along with improving our understanding of how the brain works, researchers hope that the models will contribute to ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Stem cells grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have unique qualities that could one day help accelerate new biotherapies and heal complex disease ...

Body dysmorphia, also called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), is a mental health disorder that leads to extreme distress over your appearance. You may think certain parts of your body are defects ...

These are a type of white blood cell, called T cells, that move throughout your body to find and destroy bacteria, viruses, and other invading germs. Your test results help your doctor know how ...

Some people get a lot of things from their parents. Their eye color, or the shape of their nose, or a crushing, inexplicable loyalty to a terrible sports team, which must be genetic, because why ...

I’ve never been a huge fan of slathering my arms and legs with heavy creams. Instead, I prefer body cream’s lighter alternative, body oil, which absorbs quickly, locks in moisture, and leaves ...