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In a laboratory first, Duke researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to...

Even after complete spinal paralysis, the human spinal cord is able to trigger activity in the leg muscles using electrical...

A new study from Lund University in Sweden indicates that inherited viruses that are millions of years old play an...

The development of artificial intelligence is growing fast and hundreds of the world's leading scientists and entrepreneurs are urging a...

Your brain is a memory powerhouse, constantly recording experiences in long-term memory. Those memories help you find your way through...

In a groundbreaking study that provides scientists with a critical new understanding of stem cell development and its role in...

If you need a piece of hardware attached to the delicate tissue of your brain or spinal cord, wouldn’t it...

One of the mysteries in cancer biology is how one protein, TGF-beta, can both stop cancer from forming and encourage...

Our sense of touch is one we often take for granted, until our leg falls asleep and we aren't able...

Proteins play a fundamental role in almost all biological processes. They consist of chains composed of up to 20 different...

New research in mice shows that the immune system in the skin develops distinct responses to the various microbes that...

By monitoring thousands of individual bacteria scientists discovered how they maintain their size from generation to generation Scientists have traditionally...

Scientists from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have created a statistical model that measures the proportion of cancer incidence,...

When the human genome was first sequenced, experts predicted they would find about 100,000 genes. The actual number has turned...