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A Journey Into the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Mar 22, 2024 | 10+ min read
With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.
Green Team Wins 2008 Nobel
Bob Grant | Oct 7, 2008 | 3 min read
The researchers who aided in the development of the ubiquitous green florescent protein as a tool for cell and molecular biology have taken home this year's chemistry prize.
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Mechanisms of Chili’s Heat, Menthol’s Cool Garner Nobel
Chloe Tenn | Oct 4, 2021 | 4 min read
David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on the ion channels involved in perceiving heat, cold, pain, and touch.
David Julius Probes the Molecular Mechanics of Pain
Anna Azvolinsky | Jan 1, 2018 | 8 min read
For nearly 30 years, the UC San Francisco researcher has delved into unexplored corners of the nervous system.
Book Excerpt from The Serengeti Rules
Sean B. Carroll | Mar 31, 2016 | 5 min read
In the introduction to the book, author Sean B. Carroll draws the parallels between ecological and physiological maladies.
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SARS-CoV-2 Could Use Nanotubes to Infect the Brain
Natalia Mesa, PhD | Jul 21, 2022 | 4 min read
Stressed cells can form hollow actin bridges to neighbors to get help, but the virus may hijack these tiny tunnels for its own purposes, a study suggests.
Book Excerpt from The Idea of the Brain
Matthew Cobb | May 1, 2020 | 4 min read
In Chapter 10, “Memory," author Matthew Cobb takes readers inside a couple of seminal moments in the scientific search for memory’s mechanics.
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Steve Ramirez Reshapes Memories in the Brains of Mice
Dan Robitzski | Nov 1, 2022 | 3 min read
The Boston University neuroscientist wants to take the edge off traumatic memories by manipulating how they’re processed in the brain.
Capsule Reviews
Annie Gottlieb & Bob Grant | Jan 1, 2013 | 3 min read
Life's Ratchet, The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix, The Fractalist and Hallucinations
Take Two Antibodies?
Karen Hopkin | Oct 1, 2010 | 9 min read
By Karen Hopkin Take Two Antibodies… Martin Raff has used antibodies to examine membranes, probe immune cells, and shine a light on nervous system function. But he doesn’t believe in waiting for the full story before publishing. Martin C. Raff Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London. F1000: Joint Head of Faculty, Neuroscience © Ben Mostyn It was the Vietnam War that led Martin Raff to a

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