Researchers have successfully used 'bioinks' containing living nerve cells (neurons) to print 3D nerve networks that can grow in the laboratory and transmit and respond to nerve signals.

With the aid of a 3D printer, researchers at Uppsala University have succeeded in creating a model that resembles human nerve tissue. The model, which can be cultured from the patient's own cells ...

The research focuses on the nerve cells in the skin that help us detect the location, intensity, and emotional quality of touch, known as somatosensory neurons.

Wounded skin cells scream with slow-motion electric pulses. Such electric spikes are a surprise because only nerve cells were thought to communicate this way. These signals move at a snail’s ...

Scientists created a model of the human pain pathway in a dish by connecting four separate brain organoids. The feat should help them understand sensory disorders like those affecting pain perception.

A 3D model system shows how nerve cells (magenta) interact with cancer cells (green). Credit: Jennifer Su, Peter Wang, Nicole Lester, William L. Hwang/Courtesy of the Koch Institute at MIT and ...