Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury—a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A UCLA study conducted in mice reveals an unexpected cause: Stem cells in aged muscle accumulate higher ...

“By the time we examine an autopsied brain-tissue sample, a pathologist will have rinsed it with alcohol, removing lipids,” said Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, the D. H. Chen Professor II, a professor of ...

Vaults are mysterious cellular structures that can be genetically engineered to store information about a cell’s history.

Scientists are developing a "sponge" that can soak up pain signals in the body before they reach the brain, potentially ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...

Scientists have discovered that old cells lose their coordinated gene activity. By resetting these internal control systems, ...

Cardiologists have spent decades trying to stabilize the fatty plaques that clog arteries, but a new wave of immunotherapy is going after the diseased cells at the heart of the problem. In mice, an ...

Scientists are unraveling the role of senescent cells in a common form of epilepsy, and it could point to new treatments.

Scientists in South Korea have discovered that one of the most common malignant brain tumors in young adults may begin years ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to three scientists for discovering how a particular kind of cell can stop the body's immune system from attacking itself. The discovery of these ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm, genes from skin cells, and the "shells" of existing egg cells. When you ...