The brain’s role in aging; tracking disease; understanding the new flu virus; no autism-Lyme link; one drug’s journey from bench to bedside
The brain’s role in aging; tracking disease; understanding the new flu virus; no autism-Lyme link; one drug’s journey from bench to bedside
Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
One, two, three, four . . . . Counting colonies and plaques can be tedious, but tools exist to streamline the process.
A virus that infects a crop-killing fungus can spread freely, opening the possibility of its use as a fungicide.
Viral infections of the central nervous system may trigger cytokines that induce seizures.
Animal-rights activists devastate a psychiatric research lab at the University of Milan.
A new study of brain activity patterns suggests that babies as young as 5 months old have the neural mechanisms to register that they’ve seen a face.
Researchers are identifying distinctive brain activity patterns that can be used to monitor patients under anesthesia and assess consciousness in “vegetative” patients.
A new study blames the unreliable nature of some research in the field on underpowered statistical analyses.