The human brain undergoes remarkable transformations from infancy through maturity, with each life stage bringing unique ...

Brain organoids, three-dimensional models of the brain, are a boon to neuroscience, making it possible to study the ...

If there is one thing that stands out about the human brain compared with those of other primates — and even those of some extinct human relatives — it is its size. The human brain is up to ...

Attempts to transplant human brain organoids into young mice and rats have recently proven successful, but few scientists had tried using them in adult, damaged brains. In this case, Chen and his team ...

But it might also put us at risk for uniquely human brain disorders. The study appears in Nature. The research focused on parts of chromosomes known as human accelerated regions (HARs), which have ...