In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...

The first wiring diagram of every neuron in an adult brain and the 50 ... including researchers from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (in Cambridge, UK), Princeton University, the ...

While this group of colorful neurons was grown in a dish from stem cells, in the body neurons like this are responsible for sensing pain. There is a specialized subset of sensory neurons called ...

Until now, skin cells have been viewed as barriers that can respond to electric stimuli. Turns out, they also generate ...

Converting one type of cell to another—for example, a skin cell to a neuron—can be done through a process that requires the ...

BBB is already working with ethicists and regulatory experts to ensure its technology is developed responsibly.

The aim of this project is to determine if we can use zebrafish to study motor neuron biology and degeneration. Zebrafish afford many advantages over mice in terms of their amenability to live imaging ...