Scientists have created brain ‘organoids’ that may be showing early signs of sentience. Should that give researchers pause?

July 9, 2024 — A team of researchers has identified and located a population of stem-like cells that initiates and maintains Group 3 medulloblastoma (Gr3-MB) in the developing brain. Gr3-MB is ...

Dennis O'Grady, the longtime sports announcer for Dowling Catholic High School, is now battling two forms of cancer: brain stem cancer and stage IV lung cancer. "You always think it is going to happen ...

Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from ... Epigenetic Changes Reprogram Astrocytes Into Brain Stem Cells Sep. 4, 2024 — Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes ...

Neural stem cells are the source of the brain's primary functional cells. After the initial development of the brain, neural ...

In healthy rodent brains, newborn neurons are constantly generated in the stem cell niche, known as the subventricular zone (SVZ). These cells might help to repair a brain that has been damaged by ...

Medulloblastomas (pronounced muh-doo-luh-bla-stow-muhs) usually start in your cerebellum or near your brain stem and are most common in children. Your cerebellum is a part of brain at the back of ...

The true function of our endocannabinoid system has been obscured by its name. It has no essential relationship to cannabis ...

Research has shown that HSV-1, the virus responsible for cold sores, can spread into specific areas of the brain and may ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a fundamental discovery: the NMDA receptor (NMDAR)—long studied primarily for ...

such as the brain stem, which controls sleep and movement. Researchers also found HSV-1 in regions of the brain that produce ...