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The three-banded panther worm is rewriting the story of brain evolution
04/11/2026 | 6 mins.The animal has a brain structure all its own, according to a 2026 preprint. The finding hints that brains could have evolved centralization before regionalization.Autism research involving monkeys contends with uphill battle
02/11/2026 | 9 mins.Macaques and marmosets recapitulate the condition’s core traits better than mice can, but funding uncertainty and challenges at primate centers in the United States could make this work difficult to continue.When is self-organization a mechanism in brain development?
02/11/2026 | 7 mins.Retinal waves offer a powerful example of a self-organizing system that can build structure without external guidance. The field would do well to embrace such phenomena more broadly as a type of mechanistic explanation.The genome offers a recipe, not a blueprint, for the brain
02/11/2026 | 8 mins.During brain development, genes set the rules and turn the knobs; self-organization does much of the rest.Remembering Gerry Fischbach, 'orchestra conductor' who brought scientists together
29/10/2026 | 9 mins.Fischbach, who died 25 October, elucidated the dynamic changes in neuromuscular junctions. Beyond the lab, he shaped careers, academic departments and scientific societies.
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