Neuroscience
Latest Neuropixels probes can track neurons over weeks
A new generation of miniature recording probes can track the same neurons inside tiny mouse brains over weeks—and even months.
Apr 15, 2021
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Neuroscience
How teeth sense the cold
For people with tooth decay, drinking a cold beverage can be agony.
Mar 26, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 immunity may last six months or more
Around the world, coronavirus cases are surging and deaths due to the disease keep ticking up—more than 240,000 in the United States so far—but a new antibody analysis offers a hint of hope.
Nov 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mosquitoes' taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
It's one of the world's deadliest animals, and it has a taste for human blood: the mosquito.
Oct 12, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body
People infected by the novel coronavirus can have symptoms that range from mild to deadly. Now, two new analyses suggest that some life-threatening cases can be traced to weak spots in patients' immune systems.
Sep 24, 2020
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Neuroscience
Neurons in the brainstem entice mice to keep snacking
As anyone who's ever mindlessly munched through an entire bag of chips can attest, it's easy to keep eating once you start. Just putting something tasty in your mouth makes you want more.
Sep 17, 2020
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Medical research
A new map catalogs the effects of coronavirus mutations
As the novel coronavirus spreads, it's picking up new mutations—for better and for worse.
Aug 13, 2020
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Blood test could reveal when rheumatoid arthritis will strike
AThe cells, dubbed "PRIME cells," accumulate in the blood during the week prior to disease flare-ups, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Robert Darnell's team reports July 15, 2020, in the New England Journal of ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Why men may fare worse than women against SARS-CoV-2
Data from COVID-19 cases around the world suggest that the new coronavirus hits men harder than women. Differences in men and women's immune responses to the virus may help explain why.
Jun 25, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic through testing
The world is now in the grips of a historic pandemic. The death toll from the novel coronavirus has climbed to more than 117,000 in the United States and 448,000 around the world. Total cases of the disease, called COVID-19, ...
Jun 19, 2020
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