The patient, a 39-year-old declared brain-dead after a brain hemorrhage, thus became the first human recipient of a pig lung.

Imagine synthetic bacterial supplements that could regulate the gut microbiome, controlled via Bluetooth to treat conditions ...

Born and raised in Fife, Rachel Barr studied a master’s degree in molecular neuroscience at the University of Bristol. Now, ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

New research links an ancient DNA sequence to neuron growth, brain-cell balance, and a cognitive flexibility trait that may ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

Miniature models of the brain have revealed a "previously unappreciated" role of microglia, a type of cell found within the ...

A new discovery shows that the accumulation of a certain protein called the ferritin light chain 1, or FTL1, plays a big role ...

The size and structure of our brains go a long way to explaining what makes us human. But what caused our brains to become what they are? Some UC San Diego researchers have pin-pointed a part of our ...

To move around in their surroundings in meaningful and goal-directed ways, a skill known as navigation, humans and animals ...

“The pineal gland is the least understood gland of the endocrine system, and it was the last part of the endocrine system to ...

In the era of digital economy, how can enterprises awaken 'dormant' content data and turn it into a truly developable core ...