Decoding sugar addiction
Together, obesity and Type 2 diabetes rank among our nation’s greatest health problem, and they largely result from what many ...
Month: January 2015
MIT researchers find where visual memories are made
In findings that may lead to new treatments for cognitive disorders, researchers at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory ...
New fibers can deliver many simultaneous stimuli
The human brain’s complexity makes it extremely challenging to study — not only because of its sheer size, but also ...
MIT team enlarges brain samples, making them easier to image
Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved ...
A week at MIT
The first week of the new year brought smatterings of undergraduates returning to the MIT campus after the holidays — ...
New findings reveal genetic brain disorders converge at the synapse
Several genetic disorders cause intellectual disability and autism. Historically, these genetic brain diseases were viewed as untreatable. However, in recent ...
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Small NIH study reveals how immune response triggered by COVID-19 may damage the brain
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Scientists discover cancer trigger that could spur targeted drug therapies
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Researchers uncover life’s power generators in the Earth’s oldest groundwaters
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COVID-19 fattens up our body’s cells to fuel its viral takeover
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Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19
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Do early therapies help very young children with or at high likelihood for autism?