Human neural stem cells that help form the brain and spinal cord are highly susceptible to SARS-CoV-2, including omicron variants BA.1 and BA.2, according to new research from the University of California, Riverside. The ...
Oct 22, 2026
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Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them—signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces—in a process known as endocytosis that is essential for learning, memory ...
Feb 11, 2026
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In light of the ongoing threat posed by new viruses following the emergence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which led to the COVID-19 pandemic, new antiviral drugs continue to be developed ...
Aug 30, 2024
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Some viruses move between species. For example, SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can spill over from humans to mink, an agricultural species, and then spill back from mink to humans. Spillback is a concern because ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have, for the first time, witnessed nerve plasticity in the axon in motion.
Sep 18, 2023
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Everything your brain does—every memory, decision, emotion and command to move—starts with an electrical signal generated by a neuron. One of the most sophisticated cells in the body, every neuron has two sides. At one end ...
Oct 19, 2022
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