Stem cell therapy performed on babies in the womb could reverse brain abnormalities linked to a severe birth defect, experts have said. Spina bifida occurs when a baby’s spine fails to develop fully ...

A patch made of stem cells from donor placentas has been used to treat fetuses in the womb with a severe form of spina bifida as part of a world-first trial. The novel approach seems to have reversed ...

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A groundbreaking clinical trial is testing whether specially engineered stem cells can help the brain restore its own dopamine production in people with Parkinson’s disease. Because the condition is ...

For years, scientists have viewed cancer as a localized glitch in which cells refuse to stop dividing. But a new study suggests that, in certain organs, tumors actively communicate with the brain to ...

Neurons from grafted stem cells contain intrinsic codes for navigating and forming connections, which may improve cell therapy for a brain short-circuited by stroke. Some parts of our bodies bounce ...

Some parts of the body can recover from injury fairly rapidly. The cornea, for example, can heal from minor scratches within a single day. The human brain, however, is not one of these fast-healing ...

Illustration showing a transplanted nerve cell (gold) using its internal compass (code) to find its partner nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord (green). Some parts of our bodies bounce back from ...

Like the seeds of a forest, a few cells in embryos eventually sprout into an ecosystem of brain cells. Neurons get the most recognition for their computing power. But a host of other cells provides ...

Zenas Biopharma’s autoimmune drug candidate has been tied to a 95% reduction in a type of brain lesions over 12 weeks in a phase 2 multiple sclerosis (MS) study. The midstage MoonStone study saw 116 ...

"General Hospital" star Kirsten Storms revealed she is undergoing surgery to treat a brain aneurysm. Storms, who previously underwent brain surgery in 2021 to remove a noncancerous cyst that was ...