PHILADELPHIA - For years, scientists have been trying to make injured spinal cords grow back, with limited success. Lying awake in bed one night, neurobiologist Douglas H. Smith came up with an ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have engineered molecules that act like “cellular glue,” allowing them to direct in precise fashion how cells bond with each other. The discovery represents a ...

At Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Ellen Heber-Katz (center) has discovered how to regenerate damaged nerves and other wounds in lab animals without scarring, such as the holes in the mouse ...