When we learn a new skill, the brain has to decide—cell by cell—what to change. New research from MIT suggests it can do that ...

Japan has approved two stem cell-based therapies for treating Parkinson's disease and heart failure in a world first, through ...

Scientists are working hard to find better ways to treat Alzheimer’s disease, one of the most common causes of memory loss and dementia around the world. A new study from researchers at the University ...

Keros Therapeutics will use the Massachusetts General Hospital MyMatch program to design a clinical trial testing rinvatercept for ALS.

It's long been assumed that for an organism to learn, remember or draw conclusions, it needs a brain. But mounting evidence, including a recent Cognitive Science study, challenges that assumption, ...

Exposure to a diet heavy in fats and sugars during early development primes the brain to overreact to unhealthy foods in ...

A new study from Scripps Research reveals how a key touch-sensing protein detects mechanical forces with remarkable precision. Each time something lightly presses against your skin, specialized sensor ...

A new King’s College London study finds a cancer drug may reverse brain connectivity changes linked to early Alzheimer’s ...

Scientists want to redesign psychedelics so that they don’t induce a trip—but they still improve mental health.

A study in mice concluded that memory problems associated with age may be driven by our gut microbiome and that the vagus nerve may be key to reversing it.

Making a living brain transparent and watching its neurons fire without disturbing their function-sounds like science fiction ...