New nanomaterial passes the blood-brain barrier to reduce damaging inflammation after the most common form of stroke. When ...

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Pope Francis died of a cerebral stroke which caused his heart to fail, according to the Vatican. A cerebral stroke (or brain attack) happens when the blood flow to part of the ...

Pope Francis died after a cerebral stroke, the Vatican announced Monday. The 88-year-old pontiff died early Easter Monday following the stroke. The episode put him into a coma and led to irreversible ...

A nanomaterial based on a platform developed by Professor Samuel Stupp crosses the blood-brain barrier and targets harmful ...

Doctors warn that cold waves can sharply increase the risk of brain strokes, especially among people with high blood pressure ...

Strokes are a medical emergency, yet imaging can capture only snapshots of how brain damage develops in the hours and days ...

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the ...

Imagine your brain as a bustling city with millions of interconnected highways carrying information at lightning speed. Now picture what happens when a major earthquake hits, destroying some of those ...