Our skin and mucous membranes are protected by epithelial cells. This barrier tissue performs its function thanks to specialized structures called junctions. They ensure cell cohesion and regulate ...

Cedars-Sinai researchers created “young” immune cells from human stem cells that reversed cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s symptoms in mice. The treated animals showed better memory and healthier ...

Researchers shifted the focus to the internal properties of the membrane itself, specifically its viscosity, highlighting its critical role in controlling deformation and dynamics during essential ...

That increasing forgetfulness you’ve been experiencing in your thirties isn’t an inevitable part of getting older, it’s your brain sending urgent distress signals about lifestyle factors that are ...

Air pollution contributes to nearly 7 million premature deaths each year, and its effects go far beyond the lungs. Breathing in wildfire smoke or automobile-related city smog doesn't just increase the ...

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have demonstrated that caffeine can restore social memory impaired by sleep deprivation by ...

Memory concerns don’t have to become inevitable realities after age 40. The brain possesses remarkable plasticity throughout life, and strategic interventions beginning in the fifth decade can ...

AS we age, brain cells face increasing challenges from inflammation, oxidative stress, reduced blood flow, and the buildup of ...