A trip through the transcriptome
The initiating cause of Alzheimer’s disease is still unknown. However, from our studies it’s clear that many types of neuronal damage—from traumatic brain injury, to epilepsy, infection, or genetic predisposition—can activate brain immune cells—
A blood protein involved in allergy contributes to the decline in brain function and memory in aging mice.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
A shorebird flies into the teeth of the massive hurricane that hit the US East Coast…and lives to tell about it.
Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences was crawling with bugs, and The Scientist went down to join in the fun.
Mosquitoes infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, which fail to transmit the dengue virus, spread through the population when released in the wild.