For decades, diagnosis of brain cancer has been medicine’s most difficult and hazardous challenge. Simple imaging such as MRI scans may reveal a suspicious-looking lesion, but the only sure way to ...

Vanderbilt doctors are studying whether fresh frozen plasma can reduce brain damage when given soon after head trauma.

Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC are testing an experimental stem cell therapy that aims to restore the brain’s ability to ...

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a new genetic test that can diagnose brain tumours in as little as 2 hours. The test, called ROBIN, uses PromethION nanopore sequencing to ...

Tiny electronic chips that can be threaded into the brain through a needle instead of a scalpel are moving from speculative concept to early reality. Researchers are now testing injectable implants ...

For decades, scientists have searched for a safe way to reach deep parts of the human brain without cutting into the skull.