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New treatment reverses Alzheimer’s disease signs
Sheets of brain scans.

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New treatment reverses Alzheimer’s disease signs

According to a preclinical study from Penn Medicine researchers, a molecular compound mimics the effect of natural chaperones that are depleted in the aging brain.

From Penn Medicine News

Penn scientists reflect on one year of ChatGPT
Panel on ChatGPT.

Caption: René Vidal, at the podium, introduces the event "ChatGPT turns one: How is generative AI reshaping science?" Bhuvnesh Jain, left at the table, moderated the discussion with Sudeep Bhatia, Konrad Kording, Andrew Zahrt, and Nick Pangakis. 

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Penn scientists reflect on one year of ChatGPT

The Data Driven Discovery Initiative hosted an interdisciplinary panel discussion with Penn researchers in chemistry, neuroscience, psychology, and political science.
Brain signals can predict how often a news article is shared online
Rendering of a brain with signals insinuating AI and data.

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Brain signals can predict how often a news article is shared online

A new study from the Communication Neuroscience Lab finds that, even across cultures, neural models can reliably predict whether an article is popular on Facebook.

From Annenberg School for Communication

How humans use their sense of smell to find their way
Clara Raithel looks at brain scans on a computer in a lab.

Sixth-year Ph.D. student Clara Raithel looks at an anatomical brain scan taken from a previous study participant.

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How humans use their sense of smell to find their way

In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.

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Understanding the brain via a molecular map
Abstract polygonal brain with connected dots and lines. Artificial intelligence 3d illustration.

PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.

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Understanding the brain via a molecular map

PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.