Could wounded skin someday regrow perfectly without scars? A new study by Harvard stem cell biologists published in Cell ...

A new study using mouse models and multi-omics analysis has traced a specific nerve pathway through which prenatal stress programs fetal skin cells for eczema-like inflammation after birth. The ...

Animals that dwell at high altitudes have adapted to cope with low oxygen levels, a condition that damages a vital part of nerve cells ...

A tickly itch, a painful scratch, or the feeling of a refreshing breeze—the skin is teaming with nerve endings that drive these sensations. Scientists are getting into the epidermis to explore how ...

Researchers at the University of Leipzig Medical Center report that Schwann cells receive crucial support with nerve repair from the fat tissue that surrounds nerves in the body. Using genetically ...

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

The image shows motor neurons that have been generated from human iPSC (induced pluripotent stem cells) and integrated into a 3D-printed bioscaffold. The cells (shown in red) grow inside the ...

Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without renewal. A trait echoed within the cells' components, some enduring as long as the organism itself. Most human nerve cells last a lifetime without ...

TISSIUM, a Medical Technology company pioneering biomorphic programmable polymers for tissue reconstruction, is pleased to announce the publication of its first-in-human clinical study in the Journal ...

A newly discovered mechanism that protects nerve cells could have important implications for understanding and treating mental illness.

Foods rich in magnesium, omega-3s, probiotics, antioxidants, and more can help your nervous system function properly, ...