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| December 1, 2012
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
Laurent Descarries, well known for his research on the brain’s axon terminals, has passed away at the age of 73.
Rodents experience placebo-induced pain relief, providing a new model with which to investigate the phenomenon.
Autism researchers are testing the ability of whipworm eggs to treat autism in a new clinical trial.
Using satellite data, researchers calculate that mountain pine beetle infestations raise summertime temperatures in British Columbia’s pine forests by 1 degree Celsius.
Lab inspection reports and internal documents reveal incidents involving the mistreatment of research animals at the University of California, San Francisco.
Neighboring neurons in an insect’s antennae can block each other without sharing any synaptic connections.
Previously unreleased photographs show that Einstein’s brain had several unusual features that could explain his extraordinary cognitive abilities.
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