Stories by Georgia Michelman

Georgia Michelman is a science and health journalist based in New York who has written for Science, Live Science and elsewhere. She was a writing intern with Knowable Magazine.

A drawing of a human head with a blue brain is surrounded by orange, red and white squiggles, with blue antibodies and white blood cells scattered across the black background.

NeuroscienceSeptember 26, 2026

How the body’s own immune system can attack the brain

Antibodies made by the immune system can sometimes target human brain cells, producing psychiatric symptoms. Researchers aim to better identify such rare cases as well as fine-tune treatments.

Georgia Michelman, Knowable Magazine