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A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

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Stationed within the meninges, squads of immune cells lie in wait, ready to unleash an inflammatory assault within the brain if needed. Holding these trigger-happy troops back during peacetime falls ...

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