The team suspects that neurogenesis happens in other parts of the adult brain, too. In mice, new neurons are regularly made ...

This useful study presents a biologically realistic, large-scale cortical model of the rat's non-barrel somatosensory cortex, investigating synaptic plasticity of excitatory connections under varying ...

Organ-on-a-chip systems offer a more accurate, ethical, and scalable alternative to animal testing in drug discovery and ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting ...

Insulin-producing human pancreas cells can be manufactured with 3D printers, researchers reported at the International Transplant Congress underway in London.

Snakes have adapted to climb trees, skate across hot sand, and even swim through water — all without arms or legs. What’s ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

Imagine that you want to know the plot of a movie, but you only have access to either the visuals or the sound. With visuals ...

Advanced imaging technologies are uncovering surprising roles for CD8+ T cells—not just in immune defense, but also in supporting tissue repair and regeneration.

Research led by the National Institute of Biological Sciences in Beijing has discovered that switching on a single dormant ...

To explore whether an environment of weightlessness will cause damage to the reproductive system of animals, we used the tail-suspension model to simulate microgravity, and investigated the effect of ...