Scientists say they have very strong evidence that the adult human brain is capable of making new neurons, a point of ongoing controversy in neuroscience.

Did you know that a small molecule called NAD+ plays a critical role in our aging process? A deficiency of this molecule may ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

Scientists have developed a technique that aligns stem cells into a single sheet, resulting in a marked increase in the secretion of signaling proteins which help repair tissue and regulate the immune ...

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...