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New research on a cytokine called IL-17 adds to growing evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

Associate Professor Evelina Fedorenko is working to decipher the internal structure and functions of the brain’s language-processing machinery.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science recognizes six current affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni for their efforts to advance science and related fields.

Stuart Levine ’97, director of MIT’s BioMicro Center, keeps departmental researchers at the forefront of systems biology.

A new study finds natural and invented languages elicit similar responses in the brain’s language-processing network.

A decade of studies provide a growing evidence base that increasing the power of the brain’s gamma rhythms could help fight Alzheimer’s, and perhaps other neurological diseases.

Enhancing activity of a specific component of neurons’ “NMDA” receptors normalized protein synthesis, neural activity, and seizure susceptibility in the hippocampus of fragile X lab mice.

New methods light up lipid membranes and let researchers see sets of proteins inside cells with high resolution.

The programmable proteins are compact, modular, and can be directed to modify DNA in human cells.

New research adds evidence that learning a successful strategy for approaching a task doesn’t prevent further exploration, even if doing so reduces performance.