The promise of reclaiming youthful cognitive function has long been a holy grail for neuroscientists, but researchers may ...

A groundbreaking clinical trial is testing whether specially engineered stem cells can help the brain restore its own dopamine production in people with Parkinson’s disease. Because the condition is ...

A pioneering clinical trial is exploring whether lab-engineered stem cells can restore dopamine production in people with Parkinson’s disease.

Every year, around 15 million babies worldwide are born before 37 weeks of gestation. Being born preterm can disrupt development, and earlier births increase the risk of life-changing health outcomes.

Through a combination of human NSC analysis in the lab and mouse model experiments, the researchers singled out a protein ...

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center and the University of Oxford have found that a cellular housekeeping function called autophagy—by which cell components are broken down and recycled—plays a ...

A unique quality of the immune system is that it can generate a ‘memory’ response. This is generally referred to as ‘immune ...