A collection of studies that chart how mammalian brain cells grow and differentiate is a ‘very valuable’ tool for ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults. By Carl Zimmer Shortly after conception, a fertilized egg divides, becoming ...

Rehabilitation helps restore some function, but in many cases stroke survivors live with permanent motor and cognitive impairments, as well as an increased risk of depression, dementia and other ...

The Wistar Institute's Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D., and lab have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine the development of neural cells. Their findings on a molecular "bridge" ...

Epigenetics is the study of how our cells alter their function by modifying gene expression in our genetic code or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). In our cells, DNA is constantly being used to generate ...

T cell development is a tightly regulated process that transforms immature thymocytes into mature T cells with distinct functionalities. In the thymus, precursor cells undergo a series of selection ...

Low gravity and intense cosmic radiation, which ages cells, could unlock treatments for currently incurable diseases, scientists say ...