This device measures brain activity using near-infrared light. The goal is to see if astronauts can use their brain signals ...

New technique preserves major nerves, blood vessels, and other critical structures in a hard-to-access area. In a ...

A surprising discovery about how brain cells handle sugar could shift how scientists approach dementia and Alzheimer’s ...

Scientists have uncovered how a protein helps build and maintain vital brain connections, providing insights into the ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell reveals that some mutations in blood stem cells might help protect against late-onset ...

Someone who has brainstem death cannot have any form of bodily response; it is mostly their heart that is beating.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising sugar-related mechanism inside brain cells that could transform how we fight Alzheimer ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

Ribosomes are tiny molecular machines inside all living cells that build proteins, and ribosome biogenesis is the complex, ...

Dr. Joseph Fins and Bioethics program director Dr. Robert Klitzman explore new ethical practices for patients in a coma or a minimally conscious state.

MIT scientists have developed a way to convert skin stem cells directly into brain cells extremely efficiently, without needing to go through the intermediate step of converting them to stem cells ...