Cardiovascular health is affected by environmental pollution, including microplastics and nanoplastics that have entered the food chain.

A new federal initiative seeks to develop stem cell treatments and other technology to repair brain tissue damaged by stroke, ...

A scientific team supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a new, ultra-high-resolution ...

The “missing link” helps adults grow new neurons—something long thought to end after childhood—and that discovery could lead ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

Existing three-dimensional (3D) neuronal culture technology has limitations in brain research due to the difficulty of ...

This study identifies key genes regulating neural crest functions in melanoma, revealing insights into collective migration ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 ...

UC Berkeley and Caltech researchers identified a gene circuit in zebrafish that allows heart regeneration after injury. Using ...

Humans can't regenerate heart muscle damaged by disease, but scientists have long known that some animals, such as zebrafish, can.Researchers have now ...

Zebrafish have the rare ability to regenerate their heart muscle after major damage, unlike humans. Researchers have now ...

Neural crest and placodes are key innovations of the vertebrate clade. These cells arise within the dorsal ectoderm of all vertebrate embryos and have the developmental potential to form many of the ...