Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have developed a novel ...

Stanford Medicine investigators have replicated, in a lab dish, one of the most prominent human nervous pathways for sensing pain. This nerve circuit transmits sensations from the body’s skin to the ...

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering have achieved a major ...

Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to ...

Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

For much of the 20th century it was thought that the adult brain was incapable of regeneration. This view has since shifted dramatically and neurogenesis – the birth of new neurons – is now a widely ...

A recent study published in the journal MedComm reviewed the potential role of the gut microbiota-brain axis (GBA) in neurological disorders. Microbiota is a crucial determinant of human health and ...

BOSTON, Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Modulight Biotherapeutics, developer of novel optogenetic platform for the treatment of neurological disorders, announced today the closing of its Seed funding ...

Substance use disorders (SUDs) present a formidable challenge to public health globally, with recent statistics from the U.S.

A new study published in Nature Neuroscience provides a detailed look at how the psychedelic drug psilocybin facilitates the unlearning of fear in the brain. The research reveals that the drug does ...