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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.
Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 10+ min read
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| May 1, 2014
| 3 min read
Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Wa
y, and
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Short-lived Molecules Support Long-term Memory
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
| Jun 6, 2023
| 3 min read
A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.
Astrocytes Fuel Erratic Firing in Fragile X Neurons
Lauren Schenkman,
Spectrum
| May 30, 2023
| 4 min read
This new understanding could one day lead to targeted treatments.
Mapping Brain Proteins
Devika G. Bansal
| Feb 1, 2018
| 7 min read
Researchers are using souped-up mass spectrometry to localize proteins within brain cells.
Mutations in Autism-Linked Gene Cause Membrane Mischief
Holly Barker, PhD,
Spectrum
| Jan 26, 2023
| 4 min read
Inactivating TAOK1 prompts tentacle-like protrusions to form all over a neuron’s surface, revealing the gene’s role in molding the membrane.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| May 1, 2015
| 3 min read
The Genealogy of a Gene, On the Move, The Chimp and the River,
and
Domesticated
Summer Science, British Style
Jef Akst and Richard P. Grant
| Jul 8, 2011
| 7 min read
The Royal Society's annual science extravaganza packs some interesting stuff into 5 days of love and research.
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