Astrocytes are the most common type of cell in the brain and are generally understood to help connect neurons together across the nervous system. The study shows they play a key role in learning and ...

Most people have heard of stem cells. They are often described as "miracle" cells –ones that can grow into any other type of cell in our bodies, promising revolutionary medical treatments. However, ...

In a major medical breakthrough, researchers in China have successfully used stem cell therapy to reverse both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in human ...

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 ...