UCLA scientists have developed advanced miniature 3D tumor organoid models that make it possible to study glioblastoma tumors in a setting that closely mirrors the human brain, shedding light on how ...

Brain tumors are abnormal growths of cells in or around the brain. They can be primary (originating in the brain) or ...

Neural tissue engineering aims to mimic the brain's complex environment, the extracellular matrix, which supports nerve cell growth, development, and proper connectivity. This environment is carefully ...

Microplastics have moved from distant ocean gyres into the most intimate of places: the human brain. A growing body of research now suggests these tiny fragments may not just be passengers in our ...

A high-speed “zap-and-freeze” method is giving scientists their clearest view yet of how brain cells send messages. By freezing tissue at the instant a signal fires, researchers revealed how synaptic ...

Treating brain diseases is extraordinarily challenging, because drugs often work poorly and implants require risky surgery that can jeopardize critical brain functions. A group at MIT has sought a ...

Two new research papers from the Living Brain Project at Mount Sinai present what is, by several metrics, the largest investigation ever performed of the biology of the living human brain. The papers ...

Brian Kopell, MD, Director of the Center for Neuromodulation and co-lead of The Living Brain Project at Mount Sinai in the operating room. Postmortem brain samples—tissue samples obtained from ...