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A study in fruit flies, assessed as fundamental by reviewers, investigates how concussions early in life affect neurodegeneration later in life. https://lnkd.in/e6pgwP5y

Congratulations to Barbara Shinn-Cunningham, for her appointment as the next dean of Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science. Barbara is an eLife senior editor in Neuroscience. https://lnkd.in/euxtddCZ.

Melting away the folds in the brain reveals a hidden fractal pattern shared by all primates.

A parasitic protein that manipulates plant traits to attract leafhoppers and enhance transmission. https://lnkd.in/etX48KHE

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Scientists think they have found a plausible evolutionary setting that sparked life on Earth. https://lnkd.in/eEG23Fgr

The accumulation of SIRT4 in the nuclei of kidney cells drives kidney fibrosis, so blocking the movement of this protein could be a potential therapeutic strategy against fibrosis.

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