NeuroscienceAug 30, 2024|4 min readBy Samantha BorjeEngineered stem cells help paralyzed mice walk againScientists recovered movement in mouse models of spinal cord injury.
NeuroscienceMar 20, 2024|2 min readBy Nora BradfordGene therapy for pain treatmentUsing a gene therapy approach, researchers relieved pain behaviors in mice and tested the approach in human cells.
NeuroscienceJul 06, 2023|6 min readBy Stephanie DeMarco, PhDDemystifying misophoniaPeople with misophonia feel intense anger in response to certain sounds. Can scientists find a cure?
Cancer ResearchApr 25, 2023|15 min readBy Stephanie DeMarco, PhDSniffing out cancer with animal nosesDogs, locusts, ants, and even worms detect human cancers at earlier stages than current tests, leading the way to better cancer diagnostics.
Infectious Disease & VaccinesMar 07, 2023|13 min readBy Stephanie DeMarco, PhDBetter rabies treatments bite backSymptomatic rabies has no cure, but recent advances in rabies structural biology and antibody cocktails point to better treatments on the horizon.
NeuroscienceNov 15, 2022|1 min readBy Angela Zhang, PhD, Sunitha Chari, PhDUnderstanding the Neuroscience of Social InteractionSocial interactions spark numerous biological processes that influence mental and physical health.
NeuroscienceMar 30, 2022|6 min readBy Aparna Nathan, PhDA workout for the brain to fight Parkinson's disease?Exercise may improve cellular power plants gone haywire to ward off Parkinson’s disease. But researchers are still trying to understand how.
Infectious Disease & VaccinesJan 26, 2022|4 min readBy Natalya Ortolano, PhDGenetic mutations associated with COVID-19 induced loss of smell identifiedResearchers use GWAS to understand why some people lose their sense of smell and taste when they are infected with COVID-19.
NeuroscienceSep 08, 2021|3 min readBy Berly McCoy, PhDStem cells jump-start the brain after a strokeTransplanted astrocyte precursor cells promote healing in mouse brains after strokes.