The current flu vaccine is redesigned every year to compensate for various mutations the virus develops, and the vaccine is still not fully protective for all individuals. Researchers at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University have collaborated on a potential universal flu vaccine to protect against any flu strain. Their study, which appears in
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen and Rigshospitalet have been working hard to uncover secrets about epilepsy, a neurological brain disorder caused by a malfunction in brain cells. They were able to discover the exact neurons affected by this disease and published their findings in Nature. The recently discovered neurons may contribute to epileptogenesis, which
A research team led by Peter Scheiffele at the University of Basel revealed a new association between a genetic mutation and autism, a disorder that affects approximately 1 in 54 children in the United States. The team’s research, recently published in Nature, discovered a link between the neuroligin-3 (Nlgn3) gene and the oxytocin signaling pathway