Prime Minister Boris Johnson has largely kept Britain open, opting for more targeted measures, a strategy that has startled some…
As Europe Shuts Down, Britain Takes a Different, and Contentious, Approach
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has largely kept Britain open, opting for more targeted measures, a strategy that has startled some…
Alzheimer’s and an unusual molecular chaperone
A research team elucidates the aggregation mechanism of the Alzheimer protein tau.
Ouch: Patients prescribed opioids after tooth extraction report worse pain
The use of opioids to soothe the pain of a pulled tooth could be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether from…
Resolving inflammation: Could it prevent memory loss in Down syndrome and Alzheimer’s?
Resolvins are lipids that ‘resolve’ the inflammation that normally follows injury or disease, returning the body back to normal. Therapeutic…
A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle
Uncertainty about coronavirus spreads anxiety through social contagion. Here’s a way to minimize that.
A Brain Hack to Break the Coronavirus Anxiety Cycle
Uncertainty about coronavirus spreads anxiety through social contagion. Here’s a way to minimize that.
How skin cells embark on a swift yet elaborate death
Scientists have identified the mechanism that allows skin cells to sense changes in their environment, and very quickly respond to…
How sperm unpack dad’s genome so it can merge with mom’s
Researchers discover the enzyme SPRK1’s role in reorganizing the paternal genome during the first moments of fertilization — a finding…
Call for older people in poor countries to be considered in global responses to COVID-19
Current guidance on coronavirus ‘largely ignores’ the implications for public health and clinical responses in light of those most at…