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2024 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 14, 2023
| 10 min read
This year’s Breakthrough Prizes honor advances in CAR T cancer therapies, cystic fibrosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Meningitis Bacteria Trigger Headaches, Then Sneak Into the Brain
Natalia Mesa, PhD
| Mar 6, 2023
| 3 min read
Researchers find that bacteria stimulate a headache-causing pain pathway to suppress the immune system and infect the brain.
Immune Cells and ALS: A Balance Between Life and Death
The Scientist
| Jan 30, 2023
| 1 min read
Understanding the role of immune cells in neurodegeneration may help scientists develop new diagnostic, prognostic, and treatment tools.
Immunology and Neurology Pioneer Dies
Rina Shaikh-Lesko
| May 23, 2014
| 1 min read
Gerald Edelman, who broke new ground in two distinct fields of life science, has passed away at age 84.
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
A Chronic Itch: Burrowing Beneath the Skin
Brian S. Kim, MD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 9 min read
We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.
Mapping Tool Reveals Microglia’s Shape-Shifting Secrets
Angie Voyles Askham,
Spectrum
| Dec 14, 2022
| 4 min read
The approach could help test hypotheses about how atypical function of the brain’s immune cells contributes to autism.
Inflammation in Brain’s Immune Cells Triggers Depressive Behavior in Mice
Dan Robitzski
| Nov 17, 2022
| 5 min read
In stressful conditions, specialized protein complexes in microglia induce neurotoxic activity in astrocytes that leads to the change in behavior.
Do Microbes Trigger Alzheimer’s Disease?
Jill U. Adams
| Sep 1, 2017
| 10 min read
The once fringe idea is gaining traction among the scientific community.
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 10+ min read
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.
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