Only 29% of bipolar disorder patients are prescribed lithium, even though it produces the best clinical results.

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are derived from adult cells, such as skin or blood cells, which have been “reprogrammed” back to a stem-cell-like state. This transformation grants them the ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer—and how restoring their ...

The waste and recycling industry is adopting new systems, technologies and educational programs to manage these materials ...

A clinical trial to reverse age-related vision conditions using stem cell treatment could finally deliver on the promise of a ...

Yuancheng Ryan Lu could barely breathe while he waited for his labmate to adjust the microscope focus. On the slide in front of them were the results of Lu’s latest attempt to turn back time for ...

Cancer incidence rises sharply with age, yet the biological mechanisms that make older patients more vulnerable to treatment failure remain poorly ...

It is well known that students who prepare in advance perform better in exams. Now, it appears that the skin can do the same. Rather than scrambling to repair itself only after injury occurs, a Korean ...

An estimated $500 billion worth of lithium lies below the Salton Sea, a large lake in Imperial County, California, east of San Diego, and many people are eager to tap into this “white gold mine.” But ...

Advances in developmental neuroscience have fundamentally reshaped thinking about neural repair. Mechanisms that govern neuronal fate specification, brain ...