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Another Role for Neurons

These neurons don't merely detect Salmonella, they actively defend the body against it
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It's About Time

Study links internal brain timers with motivation and behavior in fruit flies

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Neural Compass

Virtual reality experiments reveal how visual cues reorganize direction-sensing neurons

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Lighting the Way

New ontogenetic tool sheds light on cell-to-cell conversations inside the brain

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Skeleton Key

Researchers reveal structures of skeletal components in hair-like cilia

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Caught in the Act

First snapshots of cancer protein B-Raf illuminate basic biology, drug design

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Action Heroes of DNA Repair

From “Robocop” to the “Buffybot,” custom-built microscopes illuminate cancer, gene editing

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Decoding Touch

New research illuminates possible path to treatment of aberrant touch sensitivity in autism and…