The ‘anthrobots’ were able to repair a scratch in a layer of neurons in the lab.

The whole genomes of 500,000 people in the UK Biobank will help researchers to probe our genetic code for links to disease.

The expansion of the neocortex, a hallmark of mammalian evolution1,2, was accompanied by an increase in cerebellar neuron numbers3. However, little is known about the evolution of the cellular programs underlying cerebellum development in mammals. In this study, we generated single-nucleus RNA-sequencing data for ~400,000 cells to trace cerebellum development from early neurogenesis to adulthood in

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