Adam Phillips

Next stop: clinical hair regeneration

by adam phillips | Feb 19, 2021 | Featured, Hot Off the Press

A new recipe for continuous cyclical hair regeneration in mice. This means that the hair will continue to fall out and regrow like normal hair.

Electric rays to help us map the ocean floor

by adam phillips | Dec 10, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

Electric rays and sting rays could map the ocean floor through their natural behavior, helping us find resources and collect data on other ocean life.

Social novelty in the brain: haven’t I seen you someplace before?

by adam phillips | Oct 2, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

Social novelty and contextual novelty are segregated in the SuM region of the hypothalamus and in projections to the hippocampus, allowing memories of meeting new people to be formed separately from memories of new places.

FABP4: A preschool-aged biomarker for autism

by adam phillips | Sep 11, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

Reduced FABP4 was found in preschool-aged children with autism spectrum disorder, making it a potential new biomarker for the condition.

Microbial infections are a parasitic plant’s dream

by adam phillips | Sep 3, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

Parasitic plants use quinones produced by their host to attack. Now we know that crops produce quinones as an immune response against microbial infection. How can we protect crops from both kinds of attack?

Gut bacteria double team worsens symptoms of multiple sclerosis

by adam phillips | Aug 27, 2020 | Hot Off the Press

Joint activity of two gut bacteria leads to excessive MOG-specific T-cell activity and demyelination of neurons in the spinal cord of a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.