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Branching out

The idea that Alzheimer’s is caused by brain plaques has long underpinned efforts to treat it—with mostly disappointing results. Now, a growing movement among scientists is challenging basic assumptions about the disease. Is it the start of a new chapter?

FOREFRONT

FOREFRONT

Insights and ideas from Rockefeller labs

Are flies good at math? What happens in the brain when we’re sick? And why are woodpeckers drumming up excitement among evolutionary biologists?

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Maybe the virus isn’t the problem

Three years into the pandemic, how the virus impacts people’s health can still be mysterious. Why, for example, is it that some end up on ventilators and others get by with a scratchy throat or no symptoms at all? Answers are emerging from scientists who looked beyond the spiky orb to the human side of the equation—and their discoveries are changing the way we think about any infectious disease.

Three years into the pandemic, how the virus impacts people’s health can still be mysterious. Why, for example, is it that some end up on ventilators and others get by with a scratchy throat or no symptoms at all? Answers are emerging from scientists who looked beyond the spiky orb to the human side of the equation—and their discoveries are changing the way we think about any infectious disease.

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Erich D. Jarvis

A scientist and advocate, Jarvis wants his colleagues to know that it’s ok to say what you think.

A scientist and advocate, Jarvis wants his colleagues to know that it’s ok to say what you think.

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Stem cells are growing up

The controversy and hype have died down. The science is very much alive­, creating new directions for discovery.

The controversy and hype have died down. The science is very much alive­, creating new directions for discovery.