A new 3D "atlas" of the mouse brain, developed by Duke University School of Medicine and collaborators, promises to sharpen scientists' ability to measure brain changes and share findings across studies of diseases like Alzheimer's. The Duke Mouse Brain Atlas combines microscopic detail from multiple imaging techniques into a living, distortion-free map—offering a powerful new tool for research and discovery. The open-source atlas, reported April 30 in Science Advances, is already helping scientists track neurodegeneration in mouse models.

An international research team led by Professor Kiavash Movahedi from the Brussels Center for Immunology at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel has published groundbreaking results today in the prestigious journal Immunity. Their study sheds new light on the possibility of effectively replacing defective microglia—the brain’s immune cells—marking a potential breakthrough in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.