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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord ...

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High-fat diets and obesity reshape astrocytes—star-shaped brain cells in the striatum that help regulate pleasure from eating. French researchers discovered that tweaking these cells in mice not only ...

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Physicians from Bochum have used a cancer treatment method to treat severe autoimmune diseases. A team of physicians from Bochum are the first to successfully use CAR T-cell therapy to treat two ...

With their quick-change camouflage and high level of intelligence, it’s not surprising that the public and scientific experts alike are fascinated by octopuses. Their abilities to recognize faces, ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered that the nervous system's own immune cells help protect the spinal cord from age-related damage. The results, which may contribute to new knowledge ...