Resting brain stem cells hardly differ from normal astrocytes, which support the nerve cells in the brain. How can almost identical cells perform such different functions? The key lies in the ...

Just a few weeks after conception, stem cells are already orchestrating the future structure of the human brain. A new Yale-led study shows that, early in development, molecular "traffic cops" known ...

However, accessing and analyzing certain cell types, such as neurons located deep within the brain, have been challenging. The conventional approach to generating induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS ...