Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...

A research team has developed a way to produce a subset of highly specialised brain neurons that centrally degenerate in motor neuron disease and are damaged in spinal cord injury, laying foundations ...

Scientists developed a technique to grow cells that control voluntary movement, a discovery that could aid ALS and spinal ...

Viruses attack nearly every living organism on Earth. To do so, they rely on highly specialized proteins that recognize and ...

New study shows how bacteria adapted a virus-derived injection system to recognize and attach to many different types of ...

Knowing which lysosomal proteins are enriched in which brain cell types will help better understand contribution to neurological disorders.

In the early 2000s, dental clinician and stem cell researcher Songtao Shi’s six-year-old daughter lost her first tooth. Curious, Shi, then at the University of Pennsylvania, took a closer look at its ...

The researchers used the AstroLight tool to label and manipulate astrocytes in the brains of mice as they were completing a behavioral task. Their findings gathered new valuable insights into the ...

Across the world, nearly three million people live with multiple sclerosis, a condition in which the immune system attacks a protective sheath surrounding nerve cells, often causing gradually ...