http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. When our noses pick up a scent, whether the aroma of a sweet rose or the sweat of a stranger at the gym, two types of sensory neurons are at work in sensing that odor or pheromone. These sensory neurons are particularly interesting because they are the only neurons in our bodies that regenerate throughout adult life—as some of our olfactory neurons die, they are soon replaced by newborns. Just where those neurons come from in the first place has long perplexed developmental biologists. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-biologists-olfactory-nerve-cells.html Neuroscience Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:38:52 EST news283448324 As surgical teams gain experience with facial transplantation, a careful approach to planning based on the principles of craniofacial surgery can help to maximize patient outcomes in terms of facial form and function, according to an article in The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-transplantation-reverse-craniofacial.html Surgery Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:36:43 EST news274354596