Featured News Image Researcher profiles | Apr 27 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Could neuroscience help explain miscarriage? Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame Image Researcher profiles | Apr 2 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: ‘To see is to believe’ Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong says that light plays a key role in neuroscience and—and that’s why he’s working with a Big Ideas in Neuroscience team to make transparent brains Image Research news | Apr 1 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Newly identified chronic pain circuit offers pathways to new treatments The research showed that chronic pain is controlled by an entirely separate system than acute pain Image Knight Initiative news | Mar 23 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience New ideas in aging and resilience research launched by Rosenkranz Foundation and... The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience News Filter & Sort Sort by ThemeNeuroHealth NeuroDiscovery NeuroEngineering News Type (-) Press coverage Awards and honors Researcher profiles Research news Sort by Newest to oldest Oldest to newest Image Press coverage | Feb 26 2025 Fraxa FRAXA-funded research explores ISRIB as a potential treatment for Fragile X Gordon Wang, director of the Neuroscience Microscopy Service Community Lab at Wu Tsai Neuro, and his team are studying integrated stress response inhibitor (ISRIB) as a potential treatment for Fragile X syndrome, aiming to restore brain function and improve social behavior. Image Press coverage | Feb 12 2025 The Transmitter Dopamine "gas pedal" and serotonin "brake" team up to accelerate learning Mice learn fastest and most reliably when they experience an increase in dopamine paired with an inhibition of serotonin in their nucleus accumbens, a new st Image Press coverage | Nov 25 2024 Washington Post Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates New research shows aging is not a uniform process. Parts of our bodies start aging earlier than others, right down to our organs and cells. Image Press coverage | Nov 21 2024 National Institute on Aging Could brain fat droplets play a role in Alzheimer’s? Fat-filled microglia may play a role in the damage caused by Alzheimer’s, especially for those who carry two copies a particular gene. Image Press coverage | Oct 25 2024 WIRED A Neuralink rival says its eye implant restored vision in blind people Science Corporation's retinal implant, built on the research of faculty affiliate Daniel Palanker, has allowed some people who lost their central vision to r Image Press coverage | Sep 25 2024 NPR This researcher wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Carolyn Rodriguez directs the Stanford OCD Research Lab. Image Press coverage | Sep 2 2024 NPR This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice Study in mice, supported by the Knight Initiative, suggests that an experimental cancer drug boosted brain metabolism, restored memory, and improved Alzheimer's symptoms. This novel approach may offer a new way to treat Alzheimer's beyond targeting amyloid plaques. Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 Genetic Engineering and Biotech News (GEN) Alzheimer’s mice have memory and nrain function “rescued” by cancer drug Research by Kati Andreasson and colleagues suggests that a type of drug developed for treating cancer may hold promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerati Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 NPR A drug that restores brain metabolism could help treat Alzheimer's A drug that restores brain metabolism in mouse models of Alzheimer's also improved cognitive function, according to research from the Andreasson lab. Image Press coverage | Aug 20 2024 Self Why multitasking doesn’t work and is actually making your life worse It may feel like you’re being more productive, but experts like Anthony Wagner say you’re not. Image Press coverage | Jul 2 2024 New York Times New drug approved for early Alzheimer’s The drug, Kisunla, made by Eli Lilly, is the latest in a new class of treatments that could modestly slow cognitive decline in initial stages of the disease, but which also carry safety risks according to Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience affiliate Mike Greicius and others. Image Press coverage | Jun 20 2024 CNN A study identified six types of depression—here’s why that matters Researchers are closer to having a more precise method for efficiently treating depression, a new study suggests. Image Press coverage | Jun 5 2024 Neuroscience News Brain Plasticity’s Dark Side: New Insights into Addiction Mechanisms Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team discovered that adaptive myelination, a form of brain plasticity, contributes to drug addiction. A single morphine dose in mice triggered myelination in reward-related brain circuits, reinforcing drug-seeking behavior. Blocking this myelination prevented addiction, highlighting potential new treatment strategies. Image Press coverage | Apr 23 2024 Reuters Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience affiliate, Michael Greicius, and others share their expertise on the limitations of the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi. Image Press coverage | Mar 18 2024 Huberman Lab Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a... In this interview on the Huberman Lab podcast, Institute affiliate E.J. Chichilnisky discusses how studying the retina informs our understanding of the brain, the development of artificial retinas for treating incurable blindness, and his own personal journey. Image Press coverage | Mar 10 2024 New York Times A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive A.I. models developed by members of Wu Tsai Neuro's Neuro-Omics Initiative are making surprising biological discoveries. 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Image Researcher profiles | Apr 27 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: Could neuroscience help explain miscarriage? Pregnancy complications such as miscarriage spike after age 35. Wu Tsai Neuro postdoc Blake Laham suspects neural signaling in the uterus is partly to blame
Image Researcher profiles | Apr 2 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Q&A: ‘To see is to believe’ Faculty Scholar Guosong Hong says that light plays a key role in neuroscience and—and that’s why he’s working with a Big Ideas in Neuroscience team to make transparent brains
Image Research news | Apr 1 2026 Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute Newly identified chronic pain circuit offers pathways to new treatments The research showed that chronic pain is controlled by an entirely separate system than acute pain
Image Knight Initiative news | Mar 23 2026 Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience New ideas in aging and resilience research launched by Rosenkranz Foundation and... The Rosenkranz Aging and Rejuvenation Seed Grant Program announced eight innovative new research projects with additional support from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience
Image Press coverage | Feb 26 2025 Fraxa FRAXA-funded research explores ISRIB as a potential treatment for Fragile X Gordon Wang, director of the Neuroscience Microscopy Service Community Lab at Wu Tsai Neuro, and his team are studying integrated stress response inhibitor (ISRIB) as a potential treatment for Fragile X syndrome, aiming to restore brain function and improve social behavior.
Image Press coverage | Feb 12 2025 The Transmitter Dopamine "gas pedal" and serotonin "brake" team up to accelerate learning Mice learn fastest and most reliably when they experience an increase in dopamine paired with an inhibition of serotonin in their nucleus accumbens, a new st
Image Press coverage | Nov 25 2024 Washington Post Inside your body, aging unfolds at remarkably different rates New research shows aging is not a uniform process. Parts of our bodies start aging earlier than others, right down to our organs and cells.
Image Press coverage | Nov 21 2024 National Institute on Aging Could brain fat droplets play a role in Alzheimer’s? Fat-filled microglia may play a role in the damage caused by Alzheimer’s, especially for those who carry two copies a particular gene.
Image Press coverage | Oct 25 2024 WIRED A Neuralink rival says its eye implant restored vision in blind people Science Corporation's retinal implant, built on the research of faculty affiliate Daniel Palanker, has allowed some people who lost their central vision to r
Image Press coverage | Sep 25 2024 NPR This researcher wants to expand treatment for obsessive compulsive disorder Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Carolyn Rodriguez directs the Stanford OCD Research Lab.
Image Press coverage | Sep 2 2024 NPR This metabolic brain boost revives memory in Alzheimer’s mice Study in mice, supported by the Knight Initiative, suggests that an experimental cancer drug boosted brain metabolism, restored memory, and improved Alzheimer's symptoms. This novel approach may offer a new way to treat Alzheimer's beyond targeting amyloid plaques.
Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 Genetic Engineering and Biotech News (GEN) Alzheimer’s mice have memory and nrain function “rescued” by cancer drug Research by Kati Andreasson and colleagues suggests that a type of drug developed for treating cancer may hold promise as a new treatment for neurodegenerati
Image Press coverage | Aug 22 2024 NPR A drug that restores brain metabolism could help treat Alzheimer's A drug that restores brain metabolism in mouse models of Alzheimer's also improved cognitive function, according to research from the Andreasson lab.
Image Press coverage | Aug 20 2024 Self Why multitasking doesn’t work and is actually making your life worse It may feel like you’re being more productive, but experts like Anthony Wagner say you’re not.
Image Press coverage | Jul 2 2024 New York Times New drug approved for early Alzheimer’s The drug, Kisunla, made by Eli Lilly, is the latest in a new class of treatments that could modestly slow cognitive decline in initial stages of the disease, but which also carry safety risks according to Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience affiliate Mike Greicius and others.
Image Press coverage | Jun 20 2024 CNN A study identified six types of depression—here’s why that matters Researchers are closer to having a more precise method for efficiently treating depression, a new study suggests.
Image Press coverage | Jun 5 2024 Neuroscience News Brain Plasticity’s Dark Side: New Insights into Addiction Mechanisms Wu Tsai Neuro affiliate Michelle Monje and team discovered that adaptive myelination, a form of brain plasticity, contributes to drug addiction. A single morphine dose in mice triggered myelination in reward-related brain circuits, reinforcing drug-seeking behavior. Blocking this myelination prevented addiction, highlighting potential new treatment strategies.
Image Press coverage | Apr 23 2024 Reuters Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism Wu Tsai Neuro and Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience affiliate, Michael Greicius, and others share their expertise on the limitations of the Alzheimer's drug Leqembi.
Image Press coverage | Mar 18 2024 Huberman Lab Dr. E.J. Chichilnisky: How the Brain Works, Curing Blindness & How to Navigate a... In this interview on the Huberman Lab podcast, Institute affiliate E.J. Chichilnisky discusses how studying the retina informs our understanding of the brain, the development of artificial retinas for treating incurable blindness, and his own personal journey.
Image Press coverage | Mar 10 2024 New York Times A.I. Is Learning What It Means to Be Alive A.I. models developed by members of Wu Tsai Neuro's Neuro-Omics Initiative are making surprising biological discoveries.
