An organic insecticide is more damaging to non-target insects than synthetics
Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species.
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Neurodegeneration
Black History Month Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Roy Sillitoe
Dr. Sillitoe shared his approach of ‘mixing the sciences’ to unravel the causes of brain diseases and something few people know about him.
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Hispanic Heritage Spotlight: Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Zúňiga-Sánchez
Dr. Zúňiga-Sánchez shared what inspired her to become a neuroscientist, her passion for discovery and something few people know about her.
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A closer look at unwanted effects of insecticides
Very low doses of imidacloprid, the world’s most used insecticide, disrupt body-wide functions in the laboratory fruit fly.
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The road to uncovering a novel mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins
The discovery of the cause of a rare liver disease in babies may lead to preventing more common neurological disorders occurring in late age.
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Image of the Month: Oligodendrocytes
Oligodendrocytes produce and assemble myelin sheaths around nerves in the body to maintain rapid and precise neural communication.
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Solving the puzzle of Mitchell disease
When a patient with puzzling neurological symptoms enrolled in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network, researchers led by Dr. Hugo J. Bellen were set on solving the
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The 2019 Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Awards for Excellence in Research
The 2019 Michael E. DeBakey M.D. Award for Research Excellence ceremony honored five Baylor College of Medicine faculty members for their excellence in published scientific
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There are new key players in Parkinson’s disease
The roadmap that may lead to Parkinson’s disease has a number of ‘landmarks,’ gene variants and cellular defects known to be associated with the disease.
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Thinking outside the box to fight back neurodegeneration
Neurodegeneration in a disease called mucopolysaccharidoses IIIB (MPS IIIB) results from the abnormal accumulation of essential molecules called mucopolysaccharides. In his lab at Baylor College
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