For the first time, a lab-grown brain-computer system has demonstrated that human neurons living and evolving in an ...

The herpes simplex virus-1 can sometimes cause a dangerous brain infection. Combining an anti-inflammatory and an antiviral could help in these cases, report scientists.

There’s new wisdom about a brain diagnosis that shouldn’t be ignored. A new study suggests that having a transient ischemic attack, also known as a “mini-stroke,” may have similar long ...

About one in three people who have a mini stroke, or a transient ischemic attack, will suffer a stroke eventually.

Mini-brain “organoids” are living networks of neural tissue grown from stem cells. In March, New Scientist reported researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign built a “living ...

Composer Alvin Lucier, 1986. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images) Scientists have created a “mini-brain” using the cells of avant-garde composer Alvin Lucier and are using it to make new ...

It depicts part of a cerebral organoid, also known as a "mini-brain". These lab-grown collections of cells are a microcosm of the earliest stages of human brain development.

Humans have two brains (stay with us): Sometimes nicknamed the “mini-brain,” your gut has its own nervous system made up of more than 100 million neurons working autonomously from the brain in ...

A common contraceptive pill could be linked to an increased risk of potentially life-threatening brain tumours, scientists warn ...

It's time for a brain test — can you figure out these mind-boggling photos from this week's confusing perspective thread on Reddit?Once again, we've picked the best ones from the week and want ...

"You don't need most of your brain to lead a normal life," is a sentiment that often accompanies a widely shared set of medical images that allegedly show a 44-year-old man who was "missing 90% of ...