From brain scans revealing medication’s effects to AI-powered detection using lab models, here are 5 new developments in bipolar disorder research. When you live with bipolar disorder, you’re like ...

While silicon-based computing is cutting-edge today, human brain-based tech could be on track to dominate the future. Researchers are exploring how brain organoids—tiny clumps of neurons that resemble ...

Scientists who study mental disorders have long faced an inherent obstacle. When they examine a deceased person’s brain, they can’t tell how the brain cells functioned and interacted. And they can’t ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

Tiny lab-grown brains are offering an unprecedented look at how schizophrenia and bipolar disorder disrupt neural activity. Researchers found distinct electrical firing patterns that could identify ...

Humans diverged from chimpanzees and other great apes roughly 6m years ago. But despite us being closely related, human brains are vastly different – enabling us to engage in complex language, science ...

Researchers in Japan built a miniature human brain circuit using fused stem-cell–derived organoids, allowing them to watch ...

A cutting-edge laboratory technique that turns human stem cells into brain-like tissue now recapitulates human brain development more accurately than ever, according to a new study from Case Western ...

At Tufts University in Medford, Mass., researchers loaded a tiny 3D model of the human brain into a plastic shell resting atop a spring-loaded platform. Inside this polymer skull, the donut-shaped ...