AI SummaryScientists from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have created a molecular atlas of human brain vasculature and its changes in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) across six brain regions. The researchers characterized over 22,514 vascular cells from different… Continue reading Atlas of human brain blood vessels highlights changes in Alzheimer’s disease
Tag: Autoimmunity and Autoimmune Diseases
Inherited human ezrin deficiency impairs adaptive immunity
[In Context] Kerstin Hellwig: educating on multiple sclerosis and pregnancy
AI SummaryKerstin Hellwig, a clinician-scientist, had various aspirations as a child before settling on becoming a doctor. She now specializes in multiple sclerosis and pregnancy. Hellwig is the chair and founder of the German multiple sclerosis and pregnancy registry and has a private practice.When Kerstin Hellwig was 3 years old, she wanted to become a… Continue reading [In Context] Kerstin Hellwig: educating on multiple sclerosis and pregnancy
Autoimmunity and immunodeficiency associated with monoallelic LIG4 mutations via haploinsufficiency
Distinct dynamics of antigen-specific induction and differentiation of different CD11c+Tbet+ B-cell subsets
Using light to manipulate neuron excitability
AI SummaryMIT and Harvard researchers have developed a new technique to achieve longer-term changes in neuron activity using light exposure to alter the electrical capacitance of neurons’ membranes. This manipulation of excitability could help understand brain processes, aging, diseases, and potentially lead to therapeutic applications.Nearly 20 years ago, scientists developed ways to stimulate or silence… Continue reading Using light to manipulate neuron excitability