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For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

The parasite that may already live in your brain can infect the very immune cells trying to destroy it, but new UVA Health ...

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

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Pea-size clusters of human cells called brain organoids inspire both hope and fear. Experts are debating how scientists can ...

A new computational model of the brain based closely on its biology and physiology has not only learned a simple visual ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response to cancer in mice—effectively ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...