The molecular secretions of stem cells taken from human gum tissue could someday be used to speed the healing and regeneration of damaged tissues in the mouth, according to a preclinical study from ...

In diabetes, much attention goes to sugar control, insulin levels, and the threat of nerve damage. But a new study reveals ...

When parts of the nervous system start to break down—or get broken—the consequences for human health can be staggering. Can ...

Neurodegenerative diseases are chronic conditions that cause nerve cells to lose function and die over many years. A decade-long, gradual mental decline often precedes this ultimately fatal process.

For the first time, researchers at ETH Zurich have successfully produced hundreds of different types of nerve cell from human stem cells in Petri dishes. In the future, it will thus be possible to ...

A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong 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 cells in the human brain, according to the ...

ETH Zurich has generated over 400 human nerve cell types from stem cells, advancing disease research, drug testing and potential brain cell therapies.

Chemical chatter from resident bacteria in the gut can hit the brain and nervous system in real time, shaping behavior and ...