Alyssa Tilhou, MD, PhD, vice chair for research in family medicine at Boston Medical Center, is working to ensure that all patients are given the opportunity to benefit from comprehensive addiction and HIV prevention services when they present for care. Dr. Tilhou’s work has earned her one of the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) prestigious Avenir Awards, supporting exceptionally innovative early-career researchers. 

Researchers examined levels of the exercise hormone irisin in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis. They found that irisin reduced both clinical symptoms and the loss of neurons in the experimental model.

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered that combining key vaccine ingredients could give the body the tools it needs to fight the entire family of arenaviruses with a single vaccine.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have identified a key neural circuit that helps the brain “change gears.” The study shows that a tiny brainstem structure called the locus coeruleus plays a central role in helping the brain switch between behavioral rules and maintain flexible thinking.