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

A new package of papers examines the largest map yet of mammalian brain tissue. The map shows one cubic millimeter worth of neurons in the visual cortex of a mouse.

Organogenesis is the formation and differentiation of each of the body's organs—a process that occurs naturally in the womb. This new technique kept mouse tissue alive for 25 days.

Brain plasticity is key to making progressive brain tissue replacement work. Various brain functions can move to different parts of the brain. Jean Hebert plan would be to grow a new body with gene ...

The brain alone has more than 100 billion neurons to send and receive these signals, or messages. Your spinal cord is a column of tissue that runs from the lower part of your brain to your lower back.

Is what you're looking at an object, a face, or a tree? When processing visual input, our brain uses different areas to recognize faces, body parts, scenes, and objects. Scientists have now shown ...

In an article published Feb. 2 in Cell Stem Cell, the scientists described how they implanted human brain organoids—brain tissue grown in a petri dish from stem cells—into the visual regions ...

The brain is an organ made up of a large mass of nerve tissue protected within the skull. It plays a role in just about every major body system. Some of the brain’s main functions include: The ...

A study of 17 people who have been blind since birth found that areas of the brain usually devoted to visual information become active when a blind person is solving math problems.

Emilia Clarke at the 2020 BAFTAs (the British Academy Film Awards) in London, England in the U.K. Mike Marsland/WireImage via Getty Images How Does the Brain Work When Parts of It Are Gone?

Need a new body part? Tissue engineers are now growing human bladders, lungs, and other organs in the lab with the hope that, someday soon, such organs may replace diseased organs in people ...