Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter game "Doom" and say they are just scratching the surface of what the neurons could be ...

For decades, scientists assumed that neural stem cells (NSCs) only occur in the brain and spinal cord. A new international study, led by Hans Schöler of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular ...

The human brain can do many amazing things, but self-repair is not one of its repertoire of abilities. Once neurons die—from trauma, stroke, or disease—they rarely grow back. Scientists have been ...

In a recent study, researchers used a combination of vitamin K and vitamin A to transform stem cells into functional neurons, offering a potential pathway to restoring lost brain function.

Like the seeds of a forest, a few cells in embryos eventually sprout into an ecosystem of brain cells. Neurons get the most recognition for their computing power. But a host of other cells provides ...

JMIR Publications today released a feature story on the emerging field of biocomputing in its News and Perspectives section.

A team at Texas A&M University has shown that tiny biological particles, sprayed into the noses of aged mice, can quiet the ...

A team of scientists—including Agnieszka Ciesielska (left), Barbara Klein (center), and Jeanne Paz (right)—showed that modified stem cells can improve brain activity, even when administered more than ...

Recent years have seen an increase in interest in stem cell therapy for autism, particularly among families looking for ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins, writing in the journal Cell, have found that a single brain stem cell can produce two stem cells just like itself. "If we can somehow cash in on this newly discovered ...

Cell therapy is the treatment of disease or disability by the injection of cells into a patient. These might be the patient’s own cells or come from a donor. They might be engineered, manipulated, or ...