Brain-like structures grown from fetal tissue offer insights into neural development
Self-organizing structures grown from small samples of fetal brain tissue provide a new model for studying brain development and diseases.
brain cancer
Glioma cancer cells are listening in on brain activity
Cancers have long been known to adapt to their particular environment. Multiple new studies show brain cancers tapping into brain activity with neuron-like connections and how this can inform treatment
Could Zika become a treatment for brain cancer?
Glioblastoma is one of the most deadly brain cancers because it is nearly impossible to destroy the cause of the cancer: cancerous stem cells. However, scientists are using Zika's preference for stem cells to target and eliminate the cancerous stem cells…