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SciShots: The Brain’s Cleanup Crew and Paramedics

Oct 14, 2022

The shape-shifting microglia play a vital role in maintaining brain health

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SciShots: The brain’s mysterious, multipurpose immune system

Sep 16, 2022

Microglial cells act as the brain’s waste disposal when healthy — can they be manipulated to protect against disease?

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SciShots: Clusters of Alzheimer’s cells

Aug 5, 2022

New data explores the cellular landscape of Alzheimer’s disease

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SciShots: The 3D network inside a mouse’s brain

Jul 8, 2022

Scientists are piecing together the puzzle of the brain using light-sheet microscopy

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SciShots: Brain tumors in high-res

Jun 30, 2022

Scientists are using tumor “spheroids” to study glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer

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SciShots: Exploring cellular variability

Jun 10, 2022

Scientists are studying the wide range of “normal” within human cells

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SciShots: Glowing muscles of the comb jelly

May 27, 2022

Biologists are studying the neurons and muscle cells of the ctenophore, a type of sea jelly that is the sister group to all other animals

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Four different kinds of brain cells are shown in high resolution. A large green neuron in the center is surrounded by different kinds of brain cells in purple, gold and pink.

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SciShots: A quartet of brain cells

May 20, 2022

Scientists are sifting through the hundreds of thousands of brain cells present in a cubic millimeter of mouse brain

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SciShots: The labyrinthian protein factory of the cell

May 6, 2022

Graphics software for microscope imagery lights up the endoplasmic reticulum

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SciShots: How the brain plugs leaks

Apr 22, 2022

A delicate molecular dance maintains the blood-brain barrier, protecting the brain while allowing transport of necessary resources

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