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·April 22, 2020·4 min read

Using ‘elite’ antibodies from COVID-19 survivors to develop potent therapies

Researchers are sifting through millions of antibodies produced by those who have recovered from COVID-19 to find which ones neutralize the virus. The team has already identified several antibodies that block coronavirus from interacting with its receptors.

Featured Neuroscience

·October 31, 2016·3 min read

Watching in 3D as Neurons in Living Mouse Brain Communicate

Researchers have recorded the activity of thousands of neurons layered within three-dimensional sections of brain as they signaled to one another in a living mouse.

Featured Neuroscience

·July 13, 2022·4 min read

Where Memory Fragments Are Stored

While the overall memories of an experience are stored in the hippocampus, individual details are parsed and stored in the prefrontal cortex.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 13, 2023·5 min read

Why Older Fathers Pass On More Genetic Mutations to Their Offspring

Study of fruit flies reveals genetic mutations are common in the testes of both young and old males, but the mutations are more abundant in older insects. Many of the mutations are removed in the younger flies during spermatogenesis by the body's genetic repair mechanism, but spermatogenesis fails to repair the mutations in older flies.

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