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August 21, 2019
First paper: Tracking the path to discovery
Photo essay captures moments big and small in the lab of Samantha Morris.
Outlook Magazine, Photo Gallery
August 15, 2019
Antisense drugs for Huntington’s, ALS and prion diseases could meet the dire need for brain treatments
Source: Scientific American
July 29, 2019
Extending human life
Two new centers focus on chronic diseases of aging.
Outlook Magazine
July 9, 2019
Right brain, left brain: Tapping the brain’s capacity to rewire itself
A physician's creative quest primes the world for a neuroprosthetics revolution.
Outlook Magazine
July 8, 2019
The meat-allergy tick also carries a mystery killer virus
Source: Wired
June 13, 2019
Scientists gave old mice blood of the young and it made them live longer and look younger
Source: Newsweek
May 3, 2019
Neuroscientists peer into the mind’s eye
Source: NPR Science Friday
May 2, 2019
AI evolved creepy images to please a monkey’s brain
Source: The Atlantic
April 18, 2019
Kepecs named BJC investigator
Will join neuroscience and psychiatry departments.
News Release
April 2, 2019
Probing the microbiome
Studies of people and their companion microbes shed light on health and disease.
Outlook Magazine
April 2, 2019
Washington People: Robert Gereau
Scientist working to identify, reverse causes of chronic pain.
Washington People
April 1, 2019
Why is cancer more common in men than women?
Source: The Scientist
March 7, 2019
The warrior within
Immune-based therapies are becoming a reality for cancer care.
Outlook Magazine
February 6, 2019
On the frontiers of psychiatry
Physician-scientists aim to reduce the impact of mental illness on society.
Outlook Magazine
January 17, 2019
New hope for stem cell approach to treating diabetes
Insulin-producing cells more responsive to fluctuating glucose levels.
News Release
October 26, 2018
The underestimated cerebellum gains new respect from brain scientists
Source: NPR
October 17, 2018
Mysteries explored
Pioneering neurologist Marcus Raichle, MD, opened up the human brain to scientific investigation.
Outlook Magazine
September 26, 2018
Roundtable on opioids brings HHS leaders to Medical Campus
Officials tour research lab focused on fighting opioid addiction.
Medical Campus & Community
August 14, 2018
Before It Begins
Family, researchers team up to cure — or even prevent — Alzheimer’s disease.
Outlook Magazine
July 11, 2018
Big Data
Putting information-based tools in doctors’ hands.
Outlook Magazine
July 5, 2018
Gene therapy method developed to target damaged kidney cells
Discovery may lead to improved treatment for chronic kidney disease.
News Release
May 31, 2018
How is the microbiome keeping peace? Ask the immune system
Source: NPR Science Friday
May 31, 2018
Drugs that suppress immune system may protect against Parkinson’s
People who take immunosuppressants less likely to develop the disease.
News Release
May 25, 2018
Zika’s silver lining: Fighting cancer
Source: Bloomberg