Kenai Therapeutics, a biotechnology company leveraging induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology to discover and ...

Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts—photos of family and friends on the ...

An increase in high-fat, high-fructose foods in people's diets has contributed to a dramatic increase in type 2 diabetes.

Scientists have discovered that neural stem cells (NSCs) receive constant feedback from their daughter cells, influencing whether they remain dormant or activate to form new neurons and glia.

The physiological power and biological value of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is so significant that it is often referred ...

New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances.

Scientists at UBC ‘s faculty of medicine have discovered a new type of brain cell called ‘ovoid cells.’ These specialized ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

A new model of Alzheimer's disease has been proposed, which could speed up efforts to understand and cure the complex ...

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a unique group of neurons in the mouse brain that command the animal to ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...