Northeastern University scientists have discovered that a protein in the human brain could potentially be used to grow new ...

D printing skin, bone, and even working organs could change transplant medicine and medical research — but how, exactly, does ...

Texas Tech University researchers used liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry to quantify glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) in mammalian brain cells.

Two early-phase clinical trials demonstrate the safety and potential clinical utility of stem cell therapies to ease motor ...

After more than five decades of mystery, scientists have finally unveiled the detailed structure and function of a ...

The studies also ‘offer hope’ that transplanted cells could tackle symptoms of the condition, such as tremors.

A new scientific breakthrough may soon offer hope for people affected by Alzheimer’s disease. A group of researchers in Spain ...

Scientists say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as 'guardians' of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a ...

Researchers at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

The emerging field within neuroscience is helping us understand the links between design, art and brain activity—and how they ...

Our immune systems weaken as we get older, making fewer cells that fight infection and help us recover from illness and injury. Scientists aren't completely sure why. They may have a better idea now, ...