The discovery of a new type of stem cell in the brain could usher in better treatments for the deadliest brain tumor.

Your brain goes through a “rewiring” process that’s complete around age 25. Here’s why and which stages of your brain mature through the years.

And for those who have this type of attack frequently, the condition can be debilitating. Fortunately, once stroke, seizure disorders, brain tumors, and other serious concerns have been ruled out as ...

A phase 1 clinical trial demonstrated the long-term safety and feasibility of neural stem cell transplantation for treating chronic spinal cord injuries ... quality of life assessments, brain control ...

Using neural stem cells could help treat spinal injuries once thought to be untreatable -- a new phase 1 trial has determined this approach is safe. A Phase I clinical trial led by researchers at ...

Martin et al, Long-term clinical and safety outcomes from a single-site phase 1 study of neural stem cell transplantation for chronic thoracic spinal cord injury, Cell Reports Medicine (2024).

“Brain rot” has been named Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot describes cognitive and emotional issues tied to too much screen time. While brain rot isn’t a clinical diagnosis ...

The study, which followed four patients with chronic spinal cord injuries for five years, found that two patients showed durable evidence of neurological improvement after treatment with neural stem ...

Musk is so bothered by this, in fact, that he has made it one of his long-term goals to create an interface that allows the human brain to communicate directly with a computer, unencumbered by the ...

A clinical trial out of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that neural stem cell transplantation had shown long-term safety and feasibility for treating chronic spinal ...

While we know that genetics and environment play important roles, scientists are increasingly looking at brain connectivity — how different parts of the brain communicate with each other — to ...