Category: 5. Biology

VIB and Ghent University researchers have identified and characterized a previously unknown cellular barrier in the brain, which sheds new light on how the brain is protected from the rest of the body. In a study published in Nature…

Brain cells are constantly swallowing material from the fluid that surrounds them – signaling molecules, nutrients, even pieces of their own surfaces – in a process known as endocytosis that is essential for…

A novel CAR-T cell approach targets amyloid plaques in preclinical Alzheimer models, raising the possibility that engineered immune therapies could reshape future treatment strategies while major clinical questions remain.

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The circumstances surrounding a study on a deadly virus could hardly have been more dramatic. One of its first authors was forced to flee his homeland when it became a war zone. More than two thousand kilometers away, the laboratory of a team…

When I was younger, autumn’s beauty was uncomplicated. Now I’ve reached the…

Tracking outbreaks, classifying novel microorganisms, and researching microbiomes has…

Tracking outbreaks, classifying novel microorganisms, and researching microbiomes has…

Some ancient fish in the Caribbean may have lost their lunch. 

Modern food chains on coral reefs off the coasts of the Dominican Republic and Panama are roughly 60 to 70 percent shorter than they were around 7,000 years ago,…