The mother of an Atlanta-area woman says her pregnant daughter was declared brain-dead more than three months ago, but the state’s abortion law has caused doctors to keep the woman on life support.

Researchers have discovered how inferred emotions are learned. The study shows that the frontal part of the brain coordinates with the amygdala -- a brain region important for simple forms of ...

Researchers have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac, which replicates development of the tissues supporting the embryo from two to four weeks after fertilization. This is ...

For decades, Eve Baer remained convinced that her son, unresponsive after a severe brain injury, was still conscious. Science eventually proved her right.

They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...