Synthetic protocells can be made to move toward and away from chemical signals, an important step for the development of new drug-delivery systems that could target specific locations in the body. By ...

Cell biologists have discovered that message-relaying proteins inside cells always initiate the cellular projections that act as hands to help cells "crawl." The messenger protein network was known to ...

The St. Jude Medical Infinity™ Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) system with directional lead technology is designed to help patients with Parkinson’s disease or essential tremor gain control of their ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) can dramatically improve the symptoms of Parkinson disease (PD), but typical electrodes can stimulate areas beyond the region of interest, potentially leading to adverse ...