Drug discovery is shifting from static snapshots to moving pictures. Instead of inferring how medicines work from end results ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged ...

A hidden immune stress switch may be driving chemotherapy nerve pain and scientists have found a way to turn it off.

Chemotherapy has long forced patients to choose between fighting their cancer and living with nerve pain that can linger for ...

For millions living with nerve pain, even a light touch can feel unbearable. Scientists have long suspected that damaged nerve cells falter because ...

First discovered in the 1950s, NGF is now known to direct the growth, maintenance, proliferation and preservation of neurons ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Nerve cells are not just nerve cells. Depending on how finely we distinguish, there are several hundred to several thousand different types of nerve cell in the human brain according to the latest ...

Contrary to previous assumptions, nerve cells in the human neocortex are wired differently than in mice. Those are the findings of a new study conducted by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and ...

Researchers developed two computational tools to decode how cells communicate in tissues. sCCIgen creates realistic virtual ...