Brain can keep producing new neurons in old age, but Alzheimer’s may disrupt the process: StudyNew research reveals the adult brain generates fresh nerve cells in the hippocampus, vital for memory. This ability declines in Alzheimer's...
01 Mar, 2026, 05.10 PM IST
Breakthrough in China: Stem cell therapy achieves efficiency in Parkinson's recoveryChinese scientists have developed a groundbreaking stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease. Their treatment serves an impressive self-pro...
07 Dec, 2025, 11.37 AM IST
Carrying stress for too long can shut down 2 key brain functions: Neuroscientist reveals chilling impact of ignoring anxietyDr Wendy Suzuki of NYU reveals that long-term stress and anxiety physically damage vital brain areas like the hippocampus and prefrontal co...
11 Sep, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
After Elon Musk's Neuralink project, China develops robots with lab-grown human brains. Will it replace humans?China has developed an innovative robot with a lab-grown human brain, aiming to create hybrid machines for complex tasks. This technology i...
03 Jul, 2024, 01.51 AM IST
What's Sensorineural Nerve Hearing Loss, the rare condition diagnosed in Alka Yagnik? Symptoms, causes, treatmentAlka Yagnik, the renowned Bollywood singer, recently disclosed her diagnosis of rare sensorineural nerve hearing loss, attributed to a vira...
18 Jun, 2024, 05.04 PM IST
Scientists develop new 3D printing technique to provide tailored repairs for brain injuriesScientists at the University of Oxford have developed a 3D printing technique that can replicate the architecture of the human brain's oute...
05 Oct, 2023, 09.24 AM IST
Study shows stem cell therapy can be helpful in reducing Alzheimer's symptomsScientists at Stanford University have successfully transplanted stem cells into mice, resulting in a reduction of brain abnormalities asso...
25 Sep, 2023, 07.56 PM IST
16 Indian American students named among 30 junior innovators challengeSixteen Indian American students have been selected as finalists in the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge, a prestigious...
24 Sep, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
Vaping won't spare your brain, may result in stem cell damageElectronic cigarettes, or ECs, are nicotine-delivery devices that aerosolize nicotine and flavour chemicals through heating.
02 Jul, 2019, 07.19 PM IST
Meet Sergio Canavero, the neurosurgeon who will carry out first human head transplant next yearThere were several attempts at head transplants since 1954 but all were unsuccessful.
14 May, 2016, 07.44 AM IST
Stem cells may help treat spinal cord injuriesThe stem cells, called neural progenitor cells, were taken from rat embryos and directed to develop as spinal cord tissue.
18 Apr, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
Researchers develop new method produces low-cost 3D 'mini brains'The mini brains produce electrical signals and form their own neural connections, making them readily producible testbeds for neuroscience ...
02 Oct, 2015, 05.05 PM IST
Surgeons, a step closer to curing blindnessSurgeons in the UK have carried out a pioneering human embryonic stem cell operation in their efforts to find a cure for age-related blindn...
29 Sep, 2015, 05.58 PM IST
- Scientists grow tiny brain cortex in lab
Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the key working tissue or cortex of the brain from ...
01 Jun, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
Functioning brain tissue grown in 3-D structureMoreover, cells were seen to migrate and extend fibres that bent to form the T-shape characteristic of granule cell parallel fibres.
30 Jan, 2015, 01.54 PM IST
- Smell goes brainy
After reading Patrick Susskind’s ‘Perfume’, famed auteur Stanley Kubrick remarked that the book was ‘unfilmable’.
31 May, 2007, 04.30 AM IST
- Govt plans to regulate stem cells research
The government proposes to regulate stem cell sourcing, banking, transfer (exports) and research.
13 Jul, 2002, 06.31 AM IST