New research reveals that a cancer-related signaling pathway plays a key role in maintaining blood vessel integrity in the ...

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

Intriguing and incredibly unique, Octopuses are cephalopods with three hearts that pump blue blood throughout their eight arms. These intelligent sea creatures have multiple brains. Nine, to be exact.

"Grey's Anatomy" star Eric Dane details his battle with ALS on "Good Morning America," sharing how he first noticed weakness in his hand and now struggles with losing function in both arms.

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The human muscular system is complex and has many functions in the body, like mobility and stability. Learn more about the muscular system here.

Stem cells in the nervous system articles from across Nature Portfolio Stem cells in the nervous system are self-renewing cells that have the capacity to produce all, or a restricted set of, the ...

CAR T-cell therapy as option for diseases of the peripheral nervous system Our work shows that the targeted use of CAR T-cells is possible and of significant clinical benefit, even for severe ...

Glial cells play an important role in supporting the body's nervous system. Several types of glial cells exist. Learn more here.

Given the success of the first volume of the Research Topic: Microsurgical Anatomy of the Central Nervous System and Skull Base, and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are pleased to announce the ...