Tumours boost their own growth by attracting and then commandeering nearby sensory neurons, a study finds. By ‘plugging into’ ...

A new study, recently published in the journal Nature Communications, is leading to a new understanding of how immune cells ...

Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, a type of immunotherapy that leverages the immune system to combat diseases, ...

A new study has identified specific cellular machinery that helps brain cells dispose of toxic proteins associated with ...

Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC are testing an experimental stem cell therapy that aims to restore the brain’s ability to ...

Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar.

In Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, a protein called tau can pile up inside brain cells and form toxic clumps. Those ...

Machine learning is helping neuroscientists organize vast quantities of cells’ genetic data in the latest neurobiological cartography effort.

A groundbreaking brain atlas maps nearly 680,000 cells to reveal how the human brain develops at the single-cell level. The discovery could transform Parkinson’s research by setting new standards for ...

Lung cancer tumor cells in mice communicate with the brain, sending signals to deactivate the body’s immune response, a study ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

Brain cells that promote tumor expansion for aggressive cancers such as glioblastoma can be “flipped” to instead inhibit that ...