The genetic mutation that enables yaks to live in environments with much less oxygen, and may hold the key to repairing nerve damage ...

New UC Riverside-led research suggests Alzheimer’s arises not simply from plaques forming in the brain, as is widely believed, but from one protein interfering with the normal job of another.

India, March 18 -- Stem cell therapies using induced pluripotent stem cells have received conditional approval in Japan for ...

Memory loss is often viewed as a brain problem, but the digestive system plays a major role. Research published in Nature shows that age-related bacterial changes disrupt nerve communication, and ...

Eating a combination of two award-winning diets slowed aging in key structures inside the brain by over two years.

Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built ...

Every multicellular organism, from tiny worms to humans, elephants, and whales, needs a way for their cells to connect with each other to form tissues, organs, and organize their overall body plan.

A newly identified role for the neuronal MPS shows it controls nutrient uptake by acting as a gatekeeper. Its disruption ...

Learn what vitamin B6 does in your body, including benefits for brain health, energy, immunity, heart health. Plus, the best food sources of this essential nutrient.

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 ...

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 study in mice concluded that memory problems associated with age may be driven by our gut microbiome and that the vagus ...