For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” a group of RNA molecules has been found to help regrow damaged nerves in mice in new research. The ...

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A team has made a major breakthrough in the field of three-dimensional (3D) imaging of large-scale biological tissues. They ...

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Unlike the brain and spinal cord, peripheral nerve cells, whose long extensions reach the skin and internal organs, are ...

The vagus nerve constantly sends updated sensory information about the state of the body's organs "upstream" to your brain via afferent nerves.

A fertilized egg somehow manages to build skin, brain, and blood cells within days. But how? New tech called LoxCode is helping us find out.

Cancer cells steal energy-generating parts from nerve cells to fuel their spread to distant sites, a discovery that could improve treatments against the deadliest tumours.

These remarkable amphibians can regrow almost any body part—including limbs, tail, spinal cord, parts of their brain, heart, and other organs—with no scarring. What makes axolotls particularly special ...

Meet the recurrent laryngeal nerve - a textbook example of evolutionary inefficiency. In this video, I explain why this hilariously detoured nerve loops all the way into the chest before heading ...