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Photo: This image shows microglia and astrocytes, components of our brain's immune system, in the heat of battle against those beta-amyloid protein plaques, the drivers of the concatenation of events presented above. Being able to study them at this level of detail will allow us to better understand the pathology and, hopefully in the near future, to develop effective therapies against the origin of the disease. Image taken with reflection confocal and/or scanning spectral fluorescence microscope LEICA Stellaris 8. Objective: HCX PL APO 63x/1.30 Glyc W.D. 0.30 mm. Composite made from 43 Z-planes with LASX 3D software and post-processed with FIJI.

Aging Reimagined

Can We Find a Cure for Alzheimer’s Disease?

February 21, 2024

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Accolades

Three BU Scholars Receive 2024 Sloan Research Fellowships

February 20, 2024

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Expert Take

Permanently Expanding the Child Tax Credit Can Make Generational Change

February 13, 2024

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Awards

BU Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon Daniel Roh Receives Emerging Leader Award for Research in Aging

February 12, 2024

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Clownfish

Clownfish: Studying their Complex Lives and Anemone Homes

February 9, 2024

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Skin Cancer

Innocent Mole or Skin Cancer? FDA Clears Device with BU-Developed Technology That Makes Detection Easier

February 8, 2024

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CTE

Researchers Are One Step Closer to Diagnosing CTE During Life, Rather Than After Death

February 5, 2024

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Listen Now

How Do Memories Work?

February 1, 2024

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Climate Change

City Leaders Need to Make Billion-Dollar Decisions to Protect Boston from Sea Level Rise

January 31, 2024

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Human Rights

How War and Displacement Impact Women

January 30, 2024

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Cancer

New Cancer Cases Are Expected to Pass 2 Million This Year. What Does That Mean for All of Us?

January 30, 2024

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Immigration

Digital Cages: How ICE Uses Digital Surveillance to Track Migrants

January 26, 2024

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Forced Displacement

Video: The Global Problem of Statelessness

January 24, 2024

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Sex and COVID

Having COVID-19 and Long COVID Can Impact Women’s Sex Lives

January 23, 2024

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Batteries

The Race to a Battery-Powered Future

January 18, 2024

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Climate Change

2023 Was the Hottest Year on Record: Current Climate Action Isn’t Enough to Halt Global Warming

January 16, 2024

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COVID-19

Is It COVID-19, a Cold, or the Flu? What to Do When COVID and Flu Cases Surge

January 11, 2024

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Parkinson’s

Can We Fight Back against Parkinson’s Disease? These Research Volunteers Hope So

January 5, 2024

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Urban Planning

Why Is the US So Unprepared for Natural Disasters?

January 3, 2024

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Sickle Cell Disease

BU Researchers Helped Develop the First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies to Treat Sickle Cell Disease

December 12, 2023

BU Researchers Helped Develop the First FDA-Approved Gene Therapies to Treat Sickle Cell Disease