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Hundreds of scientists working at Laboratorycontribute research published in major research journals, in the fields of Cancer, Neuroscience, Plant Biology, Quantitative Biology, and Genomics.

Mice, like humans, fidget when deep in thought

9/24/2019

Mice seemed to fidget while making decisions, prompting neuroscientists to think more about the connection between movement and cognition. Read the story »

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Quantifying how the brain smells

7/22/2019

Neuroscience researchers at Laboratoryare trying to figure out how the brain processes smells and what features of odors are important in that process. Read the story »

Norovirus structures could help develop treatments for food poisoning

6/11/2019

Researchers at Laboratoryused cryo-EM to reconstruct the structures of four different strains of human noroviruses, which cause food poisoning. Read the story »

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Detailed new primate brain atlas could lead to disease insights

3/1/2019

An international effort has mapped the marmoset brain at an unprecedented level of detail, which brings us closer to understanding the human brain. Read the story »

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Targeting 鈥榟idden pocket鈥� for treatment of stroke and seizure

1/18/2019

Researchers have identified a hidden molecular 鈥減ocket鈥� in a special neuron receptor, which could lead to better treatments for stroke and seizures. Read the story »

From many mice, unexpected genius

10/31/2018

Researchers find that some individual mice are smarter than their fellow rodents, which can provide insights into decision-making. Read the story »

How a sleeping cancer awakens and metastasizes

9/27/2018

Chronic inflammation can reawaken dormant cancer cells and spur metastasis. It may be preventable Read the story »

Progress toward improved Wilson’s disease drug

6/27/2018

Encouraging early results in a potential new treatment for Wilson's disease. Read the story »

Researchers discover new type of lung cancer

6/25/2018

Researchers have discovered a new form of lung cancer. Read the story »

Organoid profiling personalizes treatments for pancreatic cancer

5/31/2018

Pancreatic organoids grown from patients' tumors make precision medicine possible Read the story »

How pancreatic cancer spreads after surgery

5/17/2018

Researchers have solved a mystery about how pancreatic cancer spreads Read the story »

Study reveals a way to make prostate cancer cells run out of energy and die

4/3/2018

In lethal prostate cancer, the gene PTEN is often missing. In such cases, one effective treatment may be to administer drugs that inhibit mitochondria Read the story »

Unique communication strategy discovered in pathway controlling plant growth

3/22/2018

Scientists have identified a receptor on plant stem cells that can issue different instructions about how the plant will grow. Read the story »

The secret to tripling the number of grains in sorghum and perhaps other staple crops

2/26/2018

A simple genetic modification can triple grain production in sorghum, a drought-tolerant plant that is an important source of food and animal feed. Read the story »

geographic distribution of 13 rice varieties

More rice, please: 13 rice genomes reveal ways to keep up with ever-growing population

2/1/2018

Rice provides 20% of calories consumed. As the population grows toward 9 billion and the climate shifts, we'll need to grow more rice in more places. Read the story »

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