Researchers have a new hypothesis for how brain cells called astrocytes might contribute to memory storage in the brain. Their model, known as dense associative memory, would help explain the brain's ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along mysterious routes. A new cellular finding now offers a concrete explanation ...

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Typically, bone marrow research relies heavily on animal models and oversimplified cell cultures in the laboratory. Now, researchers from the Department of Biomedicine at the University of Basel and ...

Research reveals why Alzheimer’s brain damage doesn’t always lead to dementia, highlighting the role of protective brain ...

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which is the cause of AIDS, is a master of deception, using just nine genes to hijack the complex cellular machinery of the human body. Yet, even after decades ...

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to grow human organs in animals for medical transplants. A study by UT ...

In what is being described as "the world's first code-deployable biological computer", an Australian startup has taught a petri dish containing 200,000 human brain cells to play the iconic 90s shooter ...