New research by UCLA Health and UC San Francisco has uncovered why certain brain cells are more resilient than others to the buildup of a toxic protein that is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and ...

Imagine your brain as a high-end restaurant. Normally, the kitchen is remarkably efficient: fresh ingredients (proteins) ...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have broken new ground by generating over 400 types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab, far surpassing previous efforts that produced only a few dozen. By ...

Knowing which lysosomal proteins are enriched in which brain cell types will help better understand contribution to neurological disorders.

Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when the cellular ...

For some time, we've known that it's rare to see people with both cancer and Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists believe ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

New research reveals that certain brain tumors may originate silently within normal brain cells long before a tumor forms.

FRIDAY, Jan. 23, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "Neurogenesis," or the formation of new neurons, is known to take place before birth. But some ...

Researchers have developed a way to grow a highly specialized subset of brain nerve cells that are involved in motor neuron ...

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