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A Journey Into the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Mar 22, 2024
| 10+ min read
With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.
Hot Off the Presses
Bob Grant
| Jul 1, 2016
| 3 min read
The Scientist
reviews
Serendipity, Complexity, The Human Superorgasism,
and
Love and Ruin
Self Sufficient Cells?
Katherine Irving
| Jun 1, 2023
| 4 min read
Animal cells cannot produce 9 of the 20 amino acids they need to function. Some researchers are looking to change that.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| Aug 1, 2011
| 3 min read
First Life, Radioactivity, Brain Bugs, Life of Earth
Book Excerpt from
When Brains Dream
Robert Stickgold and Antonio Zadra
| Dec 1, 2020
| 8 min read
Ferreting out the biological function of dreaming is a frontier in neuroscience.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| Dec 1, 2015
| 3 min read
Welcome to the Microbiome, The Paradox of Evolution, Newton's Apple,
and
Dawn of the Neuron.
From Little Things Big Things Grow
Bob Grant
| Jun 1, 2018
| 3 min read
We should take comfort in the fact that life on Earth had such unassuming, shared beginnings.
Archaea Family Tree Blossoms, Thanks to Genomics
Amber Dance
| Jun 1, 2018
| 10+ min read
Identification of new archaea species elucidates the domain’s unique biology and sheds light on its relationship to eukaryotes.
Monitoring Mutations with Microfluidics
Ruth Williams
| Mar 15, 2018
| 3 min read
A device dubbed the “mother machine” enables real-time observation of mutagenesis in single bacterial cells.
Researchers Discover Salt-Loving Methanogens
Abby Olena, PhD
| May 26, 2017
| 3 min read
Two previously overlooked archaeal strains fill an evolutionary gap for microbes.
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