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Researchers will no longer need to choose between studying a single human brain as a patchwork of fragmented images or a distant, pixelated view of large structures.
The Chung Lab at USC has developed a nanoparticle that attaches to immune cells, allowing it to target lymph nodes—a vital indicator of cancer metastasis—and enhance MRI detection, potentially revolutionizing cancer screenings by improving early detection of metastasis without invasive biopsies.
MIT researchers report that thalamic inputs into superficial layers of the cortex are not only rare, but also surprisingly weak, and quite diverse in their distribution patterns. Despite this, they are reliable and efficient representatives of information in the aggregate, and their diversity is what underlies these advantages.