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Scientists showed that a mutation in animals that live at high altitude promotes myelin regeneration, informing potential new therapies for multiple sclerosis.

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Epigenetic Marks May Cause Brain Tumor Formation

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A Gene Variant Linked to Alzheimer’s May Disrupt Myelin Production

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Brain Fluid from Youngsters Gives Old Mice a Memory Boost

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Gut Molecule Linked to Decreased Myelination in Mouse Brains

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Scientists Discover “Gorditas” and Other Novel Brain Cell Types

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Isotopic Bomb Traces Are a Boon to Biological Dating

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Master Decoder: A Profile of Kári Stefánsson

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Cockroach Milk Proteins Churn Out an Ig Nobel Win

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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Essential Genes Are Dominantly Activated by Single Transcription Factors

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Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

Rethinking ALS Biomarkers: From Discovery to Clinical Impact

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Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

Engineering CAR-Neutrophils In Vivo to Target Glioblastoma

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Best Practices for qPCR Assay Design and Optimization

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