Karolinska Institute

Mouse olfactory receptors form precise smell stripes

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The textbook model that wasn’t

For three decades, neuroscience textbooks have taught that olfactory receptors in the mouse nose are scattered randomly within broad zones. A landmark study published today in Cell overturns that model, revealing instead a precisely organized system of horizontal “smell stripes” that may reshape how researchers interpret odor processing in the brain. The textbook model that … Read more

Aspirin shown to reduce cancer incidence and spread in key studies

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Aspirin shown to reduce cancer incidence and spread in key studies

While discovery generated some excitement, it wasn’t immediately clear how this would impact clinical practice, says Ruth Langley, a professor of oncology and medical trials at University College London. It wasn’t obvious if the drug would have the same effect in humans, after all – meaning that the finding remained an obscure fascination rather than … Read more