Haydeh Payami helped uncover the genetic basis of Parkinson’s disease. Now, she hopes to find new ways to treat the disease by studying the gut microbiome.

Scientists around the world investigate how bat immune systems cope with viral attacks and how this information could be used to keep humans safe.

Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.

Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.

Noncoding RNAs are proving to be critical players in the evolution of brain anatomy and cognitive complexity.

To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.

Psychedelics are evolutionarily ancient compounds produced by fungi, plants, and microbes. Humans also synthesize psychedelics. Researchers want to know how and why.

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne evolutionary neurobiologist is using Drosophila to investigate how organisms adapt to novel environments.

Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.

George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.