New MRI probe can reveal more of the brain’s inner workings

Tracing connections between neuron populations could help researchers map brain circuits that underlie behavior and perception.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
March 3, 2022 ~7 min

Singing in the brain

MIT neuroscientists have identified a population of neurons in the human brain that respond to singing but not other types of music.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2022 ~7 min


Protein structure offers clues to drug-resistance mechanism

A new study sheds light on how a protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial cells.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 18, 2022 ~6 min

Dendrites may help neurons perform complicated calculations

Different types of these branch-like projections process incoming information in different ways before sending it to the body of the neuron.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 17, 2022 ~7 min

A new “atlas” of cells that carry blood to the brain

Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2022 ~9 min

How Omicron escapes from antibodies

A computational study shows that dozens of mutations help the virus’ spike protein evade antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2022 ~9 min

Making RNA vaccines easier to swallow

A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver therapies for gastrointestinal disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 31, 2022 ~7 min

Where did that sound come from?

MIT neuroscientists have developed a computer model that can answer that question as well as the human brain.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 27, 2022 ~8 min


Babies can tell who has close relationships based on one clue: saliva

Sharing food and kissing are among the signals babies use to interpret their social world, according to a new study.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 20, 2022 ~6 min

In Down syndrome cells, genome-wide disruptions mimic a senescence-like state

Extra chromosome alters chromosomal conformation and DNA accessibility in neural progenitor cells, disrupting gene transcription and cell functions much like in cellular aging.

David Orenstein | Picower Institute • mit
Jan. 10, 2022 ~7 min

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