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

Scientists at Cedars-Sinai have uncovered a surprising repair system in the spinal cord that could open new doors for treating paralysis, stroke, and diseases like multiple sclerosis. They found that ...

Bacteria are usually seen as boring. Tiny blobs. Always blamed for infections. Not exactly the stars of science. But here comes the surprise: bacteria are ...

When brain development gets off to a bad start, the consequences are lifelong. One example is a condition called SCN2A haploinsufficiency, in which children are born with just one functioning copy of ...

A research team led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL) has found new clues ...

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

A new study reveals how your gut bacteria can directly tell your brain when to stop eating, opening fresh avenues for appetite and metabolic research. Study: A gut sense for a microbial pattern ...

Researchers used electrical signals to send and receive information from brain organoids so they can learn to get better at ...

Researchers led by Min Zhang and Dabao Zhang of the University of California, Irvine's Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health have created the most detailed maps to date showing how genes ...

The gut is home to a richly diverse community of microbes and nearly 80 percent of the body’s immune cells. This menagerie of gut-derived cells send signals along a bidirectional cellular highway, ...