A question left unanswered in a biologist’s lab notebook for 40 years has finally been explained, thanks to a little fish that couldn’t wriggle its tail. New research from the University of Oregon ...

Your cells constantly generate and conduct electricity that runs through your body to perform various functions. One such example of this bioelectricity is the nerve signals that power thoughts in ...

Various tissues and organs in the human body, such as nerves, heart, bones, and skin, rely on bioelectrical signals to maintain function and support ...

Bioelectrical gradients guide embryonic development by creating an electrical scaffold for tissue and organ growth. Researchers harness the power of bioelectricity to devise strategies for ...

By contrast, bioelectric signals in the rest of the body are closer to 3 millivolts and can take minutes or hours to develop. Established techniques for making images of bioelectricity in neurons ...

Inside every living cell, tiny molecular machines are constantly in motion, shifting shapes, tugging on membranes and shuttling ions from one side to the other. That restless activity does more than ...

As an embryo grows, there is a continuous stream of communication between cells to form tissues and organs. Cells need to read numerous cues from their environment, and these may be chemical or ...

The field of regenerative medicine is increasingly recognising the critical role of ion channels as modulators of cell behaviour, with bioelectric signals now considered fundamental to tissue repair ...

With the presence of many signaling pathways within the nervous system, targeted effect through therapeutic intervention, such as with bioelectronic medicine, can be a significant avenue to counteract ...

Michael Levin is a developmental and synthetic neurobiologist at Tufts University and, according to many, on track for a Nobel Prize for his work unpacking new ways organisms develop and function, ...

New research describes how nerve cells and muscle cells communicate through electrical signals during development -- a phenomenon known as bioelectricity. The communication, which takes place via ...