Brain
Formation of a brain
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Yet despite it being the organ that makes us conscious beings – and despite the fact that…
Captured: microglia nibbling on brain synapses
For the first time, EMBL Rome researchers have captured microglia nibbling on brain synapses on…
What are you scared of?
What do bullies and sex have in common? Based on work by scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy, it…
Locating ground zero
Like emergency workers rushing to a disaster scene, cells called microglia speed to places where the brain has been injured, to contain the damage by…
Rigged to explode?
An inherited mutation in a gene known as the guardian of the genome is likely the link between exploding chromosomes and some particularly aggressive…
Gardening in the brain
Gardeners know that some trees require regular pruning: some of their branches have to be cut so that others can grow stronger. The same is true of…
Brainy worms: Evolution of the cerebral cortex
Our cerebral cortex, or pallium, is a big part of what makes us human: art, literature and science would not exist had this most fascinating part of…
Freeze or run? Not that simple
Fear can make you run, it can make you fight, and it can glue you to the spot. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in…
Digital Embryo gains wings
The scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, who ‘fathered’ the Digital Embryo have now given it…
New research sheds light on the molecular basis of crib death
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is a condition that unexpectedly and unexplainably takes the lives of seemingly healthy babies aged between a…
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