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Brain cells identified that may be key to unexplained pain

The parabrachial nucleus (red) relays sensory information from the body to different areas of the brain.

Activity of a cluster of neurons is necessary and sufficient to cause a common type of unexplained chronic pain called nociplastic pain.

News Releases

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Report outlines illicit drug-use patterns across Washington

Fentanyl and methamphetamine are most used, and mostly consumed via smoking, according to a survey of substance users.

image of X chromosome inactivation varies across different areas of brains

X-chromosome inactivation may reduce autism risk

In mice, the pattern of X-chromosome inactivation in female brains altered the effect of a mutation linked to the disorder.

Umbrella-shaped antibacterial toxins drift toward a bacterial target cell

New class of antimicrobials discovered in soil bacteria

Scientists have mined Streptomyces for antibiotics for nearly a century, but the newly identified umbrella toxin escaped notice.

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Sky-is-falling scenarios distract from risks AI poses today

In a paper, academic ethicists criticize tech leaders and others who emphasize calamity thinking with artificial intelligence.

Dyed purple staph bacteria attacked by blue white blood cells.

Many surgical site infections begin with the microbiome

In a study, many infections after spine surgery were found to be bacteria that had colonized the patient’s body before hospital admission.

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