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Firing It Up

Mechanism underlying dopamine release in brain identified

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Prehistory Twist

Ancient DNA complicates story of first Mesoamerican farming

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Countering Gut Inflammation

The findings bring scientists a step closer to developing small-molecule and bacterial treatments…

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Hitting a Wall

Researchers ID new mechanism that regulates permeability of blood-brain barrier in mice

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Tiny Hero, Big Map

International team creates first complete fruit fly cell atlas

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Come One, Come All

Developing a pan-coronavirus vaccine is a worthwhile, if challenging, endeavor, scientists say

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Cutting through the Clutter

‘Auditing’ tool can improve reliability of studies that explore relationships between things

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An Age-Old Problem

Leonid Peshkin has developed a new model system aiming to illuminate the fundamentals of aging

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Pandemic Stress and the Brain

Pandemic-related stressors may lead to brain inflammation in people not infected with SARS-CoV-2