A decade after her fatal prognosis, Grace Wethor is “miraculously” living with brain cancer —and has become an author, ...

Gut-brain axis plays a role in maintaining mental health, shaping key cognitive functions and regulating moods. Hepatologist Dr Amey Sonavane explains how.

The first-ever human trial exploring the use of stem cell therapy to reverse hearing loss is about to be under way. Conducted by researchers from the University of Sheffield who formed their own ...

The Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a program Thursday to advance brain-repair research and develop ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far ...

Microglia replacement therapy helps treat people with a rare genetic condition called ALSP, suggesting the approach could ...

Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing ...

Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Studer's team, for example, began looking at stem cells to treat brain diseases more than 25 years ago. "For us, it's quite an exciting time," he says, "finally seeing some of the fruit of that work." ...

Vijayawada: The family of Mandepudi Sesharatnam, a 63-year-old resident of Nidmaru in Guntur district, gave new hope to ...

Karla Flores was diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. A misplaced MRI found a second, nearly inoperable, ... Flores, then 19, was diagnosed with a chordoma wrapped around her brain stem.