The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, on Thursday unveiled the Functional Repair of Neocortical Tissue (FRONT) ...

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes and SanBio demonstrated that a stem cell therapy, effective even a month after stroke, restored brain function in rats by reversing hyperexcitability and enhancing ...

Scientists discovered a blood stem cell mutation that may lower Alzheimer’s risk. Learn how this breakthrough could shape ...

In healthy rodent brains, newborn neurons are constantly generated in the stem cell niche, known as the subventricular zone (SVZ). These cells might help to repair a brain that has been damaged by ...

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke. For survivors of the most common type of stroke, called an ischemic stroke, only about 5 percent fully recover. Most others suffer from ...

The common signs of stroke affect a person’s balance, eyes, face, arms and speech. These signs require timely action and are ...

The five types are: Ischemic stroke Hemorrhagic stroke Transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke) Brain stem stroke Cryptogenic stroke (stroke of unknown cause) What are the warning signs for a stroke?

She was about to enter the fifth grade when she experienced a brain stem stroke. "The doctors gave a very, very bleak prognosis, and Claire had a very, very severe stroke in her brain stem.

A Neurosurgeon’s Remarkable Plan to Treat Stroke Victims With Stem Cells Gary Steinberg defied convention when he began implanting living cells inside the brains of patients who had suffered ...

The gene-editing therapy OTQ923 normalized brain blood flow in 3 sickle cell disease patients, suggesting it may lower stroke ...

New research suggests that specific changes in blood composition may help protect the brain and reduce the risk of developing ...