Scientists have created a game-changing 'Alzheimer's in a dish' model that allows for faster and more accurate testing of ...

Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the most pressing challenges in modern medicine, ranking as a leading cause of death ...

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Researchers have uncovered the crucial role of a protein subunit, INST10, in guiding pluripotent stem cells toward becoming ...

Lucy has and continues to play a fundamental role in our understanding of our ancient ancestors and how we evolved.

Recent research challenges the theory that long childhood in humans is due to large brain sizes. Instead, analysis of early ...

Mutations in a complex that helps proteins fold correctly are tied to developmental disorders that include seizures and intellectual disability, Stanford Medicine-led research has found.

Children of mothers who took certain antiseizure medications while pregnant do not have worse neurodevelopmental outcomes at age 6, according to a long-running study funded by the National Institutes ...

A new study comparing neurons from different primates pinpointed several genetic changes unique to humans that buffer our ...

Brain-imaging data collected from fetuses and infants has revealed a rapid surge in functional connectivity between brain ...

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Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.