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Shift Work Early in Life Results in Increased Stroke Severity in Middle Age

Researchers found that shifted sleep/wake cycles in young rats result in increased functional deficits and mortality following stroke later in life.

Shift Work Early in Life Results in Increased Stroke Severity in Middle Age

Researchers found that shifted sleep/wake cycles in young rats result in increased functional deficits and mortality following stroke later in life.

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A mouse brain showing activated neurons (white) in the brainstem 3 hours after LPS injection.

Research Pinpoints the Neurons Behind Feeling Sick

James M. Gaines | Sep 23, 2022 | 5 min read

Specific neurons in the brainstem control sickness behaviors not directly caused by a pathogen, such as tiredness and lack of appetite, a mouse study finds.

Many Deep-Sea Microbes Invisible to Mammalian Immune System

Abby Olena, PhD | Mar 12, 2021 | 3 min read

In a new study, human and mouse cells recognized only one in five bacterial species collected from more than a mile below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.

All Systems Go

Anna Azvolinsky | Dec 1, 2014 | 8 min read

Alan Aderem earned his PhD while under house arrest for protesting apartheid in South Africa. His early political involvement has guided his scientific focus, encouraging fellow systems biologists to study immunology and infectious diseases.