Scientists are starting to understand the precise workings of a type of gene that, unlike other genes, does not code for proteins – the building blocks of life. New research led by the University of ...

Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are capable of regenerating after injury. This is why injuries to the central ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

A large genetic screen has revealed how stem cells transform into brain cells, exposing hundreds of genes that make this ...

Chemotherapy has long forced patients to choose between fighting their cancer and living with nerve pain that can linger for ...

Researches at Linköping University have created an artificial nerve cell from a single organic electrochemical transistor, while still reproducing as many as 17 neural properties. An artificial neuron ...

Researchers developed two computational tools to decode how cells communicate in tissues. sCCIgen creates realistic virtual ...