How STING gets moving: Study identifies transport protein key to immune response

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified how the quintessential immune protein known as stimulator of ...
Nature

First atlas of brain organization shows development over a lifetime

Scans of more than 3,500 people allow scientists to draw up a guide to the brain areas that work together from birth to 100 ...

Gut-to-brain pathway explains how the immune system triggers loss of appetite during parasitic infection

Anyone who has weathered a bad stomach bug knows the feeling: a loss of appetite that sets in and lingers, even after the ...
University of California, San Francisco

How the Immune System Triggers a Loss of Appetite

A new study traces the molecular pathway connecting the gut immune system to the brain during a parasitic infection, ...
University of California, San Francisco

How the Body Senses Cold Has Been a Mystery – Until Now

TRPM8, a key cold-sensing protein in nerve cells, activates to send “cold” signals to the brain when exposed to low ...