Brain tumor heat treatment
Infrared light can destroy brain tumors without damaging surrounding tissue
Animal Research
Of mice and men and women
Researchers spot brain cells that help drive gender-specific sexual behavior
Mighty mouse
Blocking age-related protein activity can revitalize older muscles
Coaxing cartilage growth
Keeping joint movement pain-free
Neurons in action
A brain implant developed by Stanford University scientists has been shown in mice to be able to record the activity of thousands of individual neurons.
The cell whisperer
An engineer sways tissue samples to behave in the lab like they would inside us
Night, night
Understanding the neurology of snoozing zebrafish could solve the mysteries of human sleep
Silent killer
Inflammation from a simple infection can awaken a silent genetic defect in rats that carry it, resulting in a deadly form of pulmonary hypertension, a study shows.
Balancing act
Stimulating cells that jump in to protect healthy tissues in MS patients when their immune systems attack could lead to new drug therapies, researcher says.
Blues clue
Depressed people have lower levels of a naturally occurring amino acid called acetyl-L-carnitine that helps our bodies produce energy.