Danforth Center scientists Tessa Burch-Smith and Kirk Czymmek, in collaboration with researchers at the CryoEM Facility at Stanford University, are embarking on a pioneering initiative to develop new ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

Last November, the UK government announced a bold plan to phase out animal testing in some areas of research. Animal tests ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.

Cancer cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) can travel from distant tumors through the bloodstream and kidneys ...

The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and converts it into signals, sent to the brain. During development, all the specialized neurons in the ...

Researchers reveal that lack of sleep damages the myelin sheath in the brain and slows the rate of neural signal transmission, with consequences for memory and motor function.

U.S. scientists have discovered a hidden molecular “switch” that herpes viruses rely on to invade cells. By combining AI, ...

Top-prize image highlights a vital player in the central nervous system. Top Prize Editor’s Choice by Jesse Plotkin, Department of Neuroscience and Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research ...

Scientists have discovered why ovarian cancer spreads so rapidly through the abdomen. Cancer cells enlist normally protective abdominal cells, forming mixed groups that work together to invade new ...

Disease research has always been about understanding tiny pieces of life. Scientists study how cells behave when sickness ...

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's lone-astronaut saga wants to be "Interstellar" meets "E.T.," but it's too long and too cutely formulaic. There are clichés that critics go back to, and when I ...