Cryosleep’ remains the preserve of science fiction, but researchers are getting closer to restoring brain function after deep freezing.

Unlike treatments that focus on removing plaques that have already formed, levetiracetam works differently. It blocks the ...

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.

Until now, conventional 3D cell cultures have often been either too rigid or too unstable to realistically reproduce the ...

How does a tiny cluster of cells become an embryo with a head, trunk, and tail? And how do thousands of genes coordinate this development? A new imaging method makes it possible to visualize the ...

Our immune system relies on T cells to fight infections. But T cells don't just show up and react—first, they train, get a game plan, and coordinate their defenses in lymphoid organs. Researchers have ...

Scientists have engineered a lab-on-a-chip system capable of applying precisely controlled mechanical forces to biological materials that mimic the extracellular matrix.

A team led by HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow Shan Meltzer has created a detailed, cell-by-cell map of the spinal cord that offers a new framework for understanding chronic pain and provides a powerful new ...

The truth is pregnancy causes some surprising long-term changes to your body, regardless of whether you’re a celebrity or a soccer mom. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.  Dr. Shazia Malik, a ...

This article explains how diet creates sustained epigenetic changes that affect long-term health, disease risk, aging, and ...

Over the past few years, dozens of animated Star Wars characters made the jump to live-action through Disney+ expansion.