We’re so grateful to the patients and their families for the gift tissue, and to the clinical teams, collaborators, and funders who made this possible.

This slow timeline creates developmentally distinct electrophysiological types that likely shape cognition across life stages.

While mouse neurons reach functional maturity within weeks, human neurons take decades, proceeding 2–6x slower than brain growth alone would predict.

Read more about our work describing one way tapeworm larvae might cause seizures:

elifesciences.org/digests/8817...

If a human accidentally eats the eggs of the tapeworm, they form larvae in the brain. This is a major cause of seizures in endemic areas, such as some parts of Zambia where these larvae were harvested. Big thanks to our Evans Mwape (UNZA) and Sarah Gabriel (Ghent Uni).

And start searching around for your intestinal wall to plug into with their little suckers.

If they sense some bile in your intestine their head and neck pop out.

Don't forget to cook your pork.

New "kid" on the block being @arifahamid.bsky.social (left). @joeraimondo.bsky.social (right) was supposed to have retired as well, but by his local proximity, he still gets to hang out! NOT fair.