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 ...

Researchers have identified memory-related brain cells that are highly vulnerable to tau protein accumulation, a key factor ...

Scientists have developed a powerful new tool to map different types of cells throughout the brain. Using this technique, ...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of California–San Francisco have used a new ...

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 ...

A recently launched Phase 1 clinical trial at Mass General Brigham is examining the safety and feasibility of a groundbreaking treatment approach for Parkinson's disease in which a patient's stem ...

Feb. 4, 2025 — Research has shown that a potential new targeted therapy for childhood brain cancer is effective in infiltrating and killing tumor cells in ... How Healthy Stem Cells Turn Into ...

The origin of microglia used to be somewhat controversial, but now most evidence supports a “yolk-sac” macrophage-based source, from where they colonize the brain during prenatal development (Figure 1 ...

One particular fungus, Beauveria bassiana, causes the immune system to kill brain cells, promoting neurodegeneration.

He starts his day with a “powerhouse bowl of brain-boosting nutrients" that promote cognitive function, mood stability, and ...

A study has uncovered that iron orchestrates the activation of two damaging cell death pathways—ferroptosis and ...