A sponge-like implant in mice helped guide a treatment that slowed or stopped a degenerative condition similar to multiple sclerosis in humans. It also gave researchers a look at how primary ...

Background Treatment strategies for Crohn’s disease (CD) suppress diverse inflammatory pathways but many patients remain ...

This important study identifies a new key factor in orchestrating the process of glial wrapping of axons in Drosophila wandering larvae. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is convincing ...

The following is a summary of “Circulating Levels of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in Schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis,” published in the January 2025 issue of ...

Here, we provide an overview of the established and emerging knowledge of the phagocytic roles of two key peripheral glial cell types, Schwann cells (SCs) and olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs). We ...

Olfactory ensheathing cells are another group of glial cells with many promising features regarding their use in CNS cell-replacement therapy. They are easy to obtain and their affinity for the ...

A wide variety of situations can cause diarrhea, including stress and anxiety. This is because of the physical changes that occur in your body when you are feeling stressed out. Your gut can react to ...

Eating foods high in key nutrients, including iron, folic acid, and vitamin B12, and limiting alcohol may help increase your red blood cell count. Red blood cells are the most common cells in ...

In 2009 a team of biophysicists led by Anthony A. Hyman of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden, Germany, were studying specklelike structures called P ...

It’s made up of the body’s many nerve cells. These cells work together ... They are the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS is located in the skull ...