it was considered a so-called vestigial structure — not crucial in adult female anatomy, but a leftover from fetal ...

Cell therapy development for Parkinson’s disease has been a marathon. Two new papers represent an important step forward.

A University of Manitoba-led study has successfully eliminated breast-cancer-derived brain tumors in mice, using a drug to ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date – a ...

The endeavour is reminiscent of that of another doctor-author, the general practitioner Gavin Francis, who swept readers through the uncharted terrain of their flesh and blood in his own eclectic ...

“Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor Eric Dane announced ... ALS is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that make the muscles ...

The “Grey’s Anatomy” star, 52 ... A rare degenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, ALS causes progressive loss of muscle control. It is often called ...

Using advanced microscopes that capture brain cell anatomy and activity, a portion of a mouse's brain was mapped and rendered into a 3D atlas that creates new possibilities for neuroscience.

US actor and Grey's Anatomy star Eric Dane reveals heartbreaking health diagnosis. The news comes a month after Eric and his wife Rebecca Gayheart - with whom he shares daughters Billie ...

One of the ultimate goals of biological research is to understand the multiscale organization of the human cell and its relationship to biological function and human disease. As much of cell ...

UC San Diego and Stanford University researchers have created a comprehensive map of the human U2OS cell. The map revealed previously unknown functions of proteins including C18orf21 (pictured). Photo ...

Human cell models may never be as good as the real thing, but we need these models to be as close as possible to understand how diseases develop and progress, and whether treatments are effective.