`U' scientists discover brain's clean-up cells can `talk'; So glial cells can talk. So what? It means that the brain apparently has two independent communication networks. That finding, if confirmed, would greatly enhance scientists' understanding of how the brain works and open new areas of research.(NEWS)

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