Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as…
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Neuroplasticity – the ability of neurons to change their structure and function in response to experiences – can be turned off and on by the…
Imagine if researchers could program stem cells, which have the potential to grow into all cell types in the body, so that they could generate…
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic cripples the economy and kills hundreds of people each day, there is another epidemic that continues to kill tens of…
The big idea A paper came out in Nature on July 22 that further underscores earlier studies that show that neither the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine…
When you experience something with your senses, it evokes complex patterns of activity in your brain. One important goal in neuroscience is to decipher how…