The first stem cell culture method that produces a full model of the early stages of the human central nervous system has been developed by a team of engineers and biologists. The first stem cell ...

The human sense of touch is a complex system that integrates diverse sensations such as pain, temperature, and pleasant ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Billions of nerve cells send signals coursing through our bodies, serving as conduits through which the brain performs its ...

Scientists have re-created a pain pathway in the brain by growing four key clusters of human nerve cells in a dish. This laboratory model could be used to help explain certain pain syndromes, and ...

Neurites include axons, which are often severed during spinal cord injuries. When axons are cut, communication between ...

Notoriously tricky to detect, pancreatic cancer also often resists traditional therapy. So, researchers are urgently looking for new ways to disrupt tumor formation. Though scientists know that the ...

We’ve turned survival responses into a black-and-white idea: pathology or wisdom. This is what we miss when we do that, and why it matters for real healing.