Building Models of the Brain to Take Them Apart
Computational neuroscientist probes how the brain learns, remembers, and decides
6-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
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Computational neuroscientist probes how the brain learns, remembers, and decides
6-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
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Scientists show for the first time that bacteria can cause itch by activating nerve cells in the skin.
The findings can inform new therapies to treat itch that occurs in inflammatory skin conditions like eczema and dermatitis.
20-Nov-2023 2:30 PM EST
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The Harvard Medical School’s Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards, now in their fourth year, have been bestowed to five research projects that promise to push promising early discoveries toward clinic.
17-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
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Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv is studying human diseases to learn about the immune system. She hopes that diseases such as cancer will reveal fundamental principles of how immune cells communicate
9-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
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Firearm deaths, injuries among young people exert massive physical, mental health burden on survivors and families. Financial costs also high; survivor health spending up by $35,000 in the year following injury, according to the analysis. Deaths and...
2-Nov-2023 4:00 PM EDT
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Research in mice shows that the anti-inflammatory properties of exercise may arise from immune cells mobilized to counter exercise-induced inflammation. Immune cells prevent muscle damage by lowering levels of interferon, a key driver of chronic...
1-Nov-2023 8:00 PM EDT
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Researchers hope at least one will treat progressive blindness caused by Usher syndrome type 1F
19-Oct-2023 3:05 PM EDT
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EVEscape predicts future viral mutations, new variants using evolutionary, biological information
10-Oct-2023 1:05 PM EDT
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Artificial intelligence's impact goes beyond clinical medicine. It is reshaping science in more profound ways.
21-Aug-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Scientists discuss what may come next as SARS-CoV-2 evolves and why COVID-19 won’t be our last pandemic
17-Nov-2022 4:45 PM EST
At a glance:
New open-source data science platform aims to optimize AI-driven drug discovery
Platform can help alleviate challenges of drug discovery, overcome common hurdles in machine-learning design and performance
Platform serves as...
17-Nov-2022 4:15 PM EST
COVID-19 experts discuss public and individual risk management during the transition into endemicity
25-Mar-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Understanding the brain’s visual system could inform the development of better artificial systems
7-Dec-2021 5:50 PM EST
A vaccine booster is readied for use.
22-Nov-2021 3:20 PM EST
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