Biobots, whose growing line of variants started with xenobots, are fascinating tiny self-powered living robots built exclusively using frog embryonic cells. Originally developed in the laboratories of ...

Researchers have established a direct experimental link between inflammatory signals in the intestinal lining and the kind of ...

Two Northeastern University researchers want to make life better for people who've experienced serious physical trauma, the ...

A new study of comb jellies has revealed that their nervous system is more complex than previously thought. What’s more, this ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers demonstrate that functional nervous systems can form within self-organized living ...

The cells that line the inside of the gut may play a key role in triggering inflammation that drives MS, a study found.

How does the gut cause Multiple Sclerosis? New research identifies the MHC II protein in intestinal epithelial cells as the trigger for MS-related neuroinflammation. Discover how gut-primed T cells ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have ...

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the ...