Transplantation of genetically modified cells carrying a transgene has a greater stimulating effect on the regeneration of post-traumatic central nervous ...

The prevailing hypothesis has suggested that the the functions of DNA, such as the way the DNA is organized, largely ...

Blue on, yellow off: using different-coloured light, researchers are able to switch signalling pathways in the brain on and off. ...

Newcastle scientists and medics have developed a new type of genetic blood test that diagnoses scarring in the liver – ...

Using your skin as a touchscreen has been brought a step closer after UK scientists successfully created tactile sensations on ...

Like jewels in a vault, our precious genetic material is stored in the nucleus of a cell–sequestered away from potentially ...

Boston — Blood-contacting implantable medical devices, such as stents, heart valves, ventricular assist devices, and extracorporeal support systems, as well ...

Throughout our cells, materials are continuously transported via tiny packets called vesicles. This process is called intracellular trafficking and it ...

New, ultra-high-field magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the brain by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago provide the ...

Researchers in Japan have found, for the first time in vertebrates, a genetic switch that determines whether germ cells become ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge has described for the first time in humans how the ...

A new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine found that synchronized physiological interactions between remote brain ...

The research group, led by Dr. Christina Scheel, developed an assay whereby cultured human breast epithelial cells rebuild the three-dimensional ...

Female scientists have been sharing "distractingly sexy" photos of themselves after a feminist website encouraged them to respond to comments ...

Biomedical devices that can be implanted in the body for drug delivery, tissue engineering, or sensing can help improve treatment ...

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major human pathogen and is known to be associated with increased risk of fatal heart complications ...

New study: New way of controlling electronic systems endowed with a memory can provide insights into the way associative memories ...

How do primates, including humans, tell faces apart? Scientists have long attributed this ability to so-called “face-detector” (FD) neurons, thought ...

Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce, ...

New research by NOAA Fisheries has revealed the opah, or moonfish, as the first fully warm-blooded fish that circulates heated ...