A cell-specific gene therapy has been shown to silence pain encoding neurons in mice, offering a potential alternative to opioids for treating chronic pain.

A crucial developmental process in the brain’s hypothalamus may influence how susceptible individuals are to obesity.

Research findings are available online in the journal Nature Metabolism. The original story “ Sweating may naturally suppress ...

Researchers identify "Otp" as a molecular switch in the brain that determines the balance of hunger and satiety neurons, shaping lifelong obesity risk.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a crucial developmental process in the brain's hypothalamus may influence how susceptible individuals are to obesity. Their ...

A single-celled parasite called Toxoplasma gondii has quietly infected roughly one-third of the global population, settling into brain tissue where it forms cysts that can persist for a lifetime. Most ...

Scientists successfully borrow concepts from string theory to explain the network architecture of branching biological systems like neurons ...

Male and female brains begin developing differently in the womb. Here's how genetics, hormones, and prenatal biology shape brain structure, behaviour, and mental health outcomes before birth.

Liquid biopsies, which test body fluids that contain cancerous material, including circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), are a noninvasive way to learn about a cancer's biology. However, technological ...

A detailed annotation of anatomical brain structures (some novel) of the spider Uloborus diversus is provided based on a ...