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The Brain Prize 2025 went to neuro-oncologists Michelle Monje and Frank Winkler for pioneering the field of cancer neuroscience.

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2023 Brain Prize Awarded for Research on Synaptic Plasticity

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Mitochondrial Metabolism Dictates Neurons’ Growth Rate

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Ketamine Flips a “Switch” in Mice’s Brain Circuitry: Study

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How Fear Restructures the Mouse Brain

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Giannina Descalzi Studies the Factors Underlying Chronic Pain

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Ursula Bellugi, Leading Sign Language Neuroscientist, Dies at 91

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Termite Brains Anticipate Future Visual Challenges

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Tinkering with Gut Microbes Boosts Brain Plasticity in Mice

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Scientists Discover “Gorditas” and Other Novel Brain Cell Types

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How a Forensic Biologist Exposed a DNA Lab Scandal That Shook Australia

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Universe 25 Experiment

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One Gene Influences 75 Percent of Alzheimer’s Disease Cases

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From Data to Discovery: Omics in Therapeutic Innovation

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Exploring Organoids for Disease Modeling Research

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A Stubborn Gene, a Failed Experiment, and a New Path

When experiments refuse to cooperate, you try again and again. For Rafael Najmanovich, the setbacks ultimately pushed him in a new direction.

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Maximizing Cancer Research Model Systems

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