The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #160

Life Science

No longer do scientists consider the brain to be a special, sealed-off zone. “This whole idea of immune privilege is quite outdated now."

The nervous and immune systems are tightly intertwined. Deciphering their chatter might help address many brain disorders and diseases.

There are many illnesses and injuries, including COVID-19, where the body struggles to get the amount of oxygen into the lungs necessary for survival.

A new optical illusion can trick most of us into perceiving an expanding black hole, new research reports.

A light-touch intervention alters attitudes to vaccination. Maybe that works with A&P professors, too?

And the canines are even better than PCR tests at identifying infected people with no symptoms

While often associated with being a vulnerability, hypersensitivity can be a beneficial strength, researchers report.

Teaching & Learning

"That day, I was running my first active shooter drill."

A researcher explores academe’s version of the “big quit”—what’s distinctive about it and why campus leaders need to take it seriously.

TAPP News & Notes

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