BACKGROUND: The disruption of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a central pathogenic event in many central nervous system disorders. However, the mechanisms regulating BBB function remain incompletely ...

Blood flows around the body through a complex network of vessels, which must constantly adapt to changing needs. The balance ...

A new study from Stanford Medicine has found a way to help protect brain cells in a certain type of Parkinson’s disease that ...

Despite decades of research, the mechanisms behind fast flashes of insight that change how a person perceives their world, ...

The behaviour of a receptor protein can be influenced by the presence of certain lipids in the membrane it is embedded in.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

Supplementing the guts of older mice with poop from younger ones has revealed the key role microbes play in intestinal stem ...

I still vividly remember the first time we observed neurons responding not to audible sound, but to concentrated, precisely ...

Aging muscles heal more slowly after injury—a frustrating reality familiar to many older adults. A UCLA study conducted in ...

New study by UC Santa Cruz team discovers that early pregnancy in mice reduces buildup of ‘confused’ cells that could lead to breast cancer later in life ...

Common gut bacteria use protein delivery systems to interact directly with human cells, reshaping how scientists view the ...

TAM Global announced today the publication of a peer-reviewed study demonstrating that commercially available Wharton's jelly products do not contain clinically meaningful levels of viable stem cells.