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Haydeh Payami is wearing a purple dress and an orange and pink scarf and standing in front of a whiteboard.
A Microbial Link to Parkinson’s Disease
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD | Dec 4, 2023 | 6 min read
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.
Different colored cartoon viruses entering holes in a cartoon of a human brain.
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.
A collection of images from previous neuroscience articles, including those of an octopus in a chamber, artistic renditions of a brain, brain scans, and an image of neural connections in vitro.
Our Favorite Neuroscience Stories of 2022
Dan Robitzski | Dec 28, 2022 | 4 min read
This year, neuroscience researchers made important discoveries related to how neurodegeneration attacks the human brain, hooked cultured neurons up to machinery to teach them to play a video game, and more.
Neuroscience
The Scientist Staff | Jul 24, 1994 | 2 min read
P. Ernfors, J.-P. Merlio, H. Persson, "Cells expressing mRNA for neurotrophins and their receptors during embryonic rat development," European Journal of Neuroscience, 4:1140-58, 1992. Patrik Ernfors (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass.): "Previous studies by other researchers have shown that neurotrophins can prevent the cell death of partially overlapping, but also specific, sets of neurons in culture.
Neuroscience
The Scientist Staff | Jul 24, 1994 | 2 min read
P. Ernfors, J.-P. Merlio, H. Persson, "Cells expressing mRNA for neurotrophins and their receptors during embryonic rat development," European Journal of Neuroscience, 4:1140-58, 1992. Patrik Ernfors (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Mass.): "Previous studies by other researchers have shown that neurotrophins can prevent the cell death of partially overlapping, but also specific, sets of neurons in culture.
bacteria and DNA molecules on a purple background.
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.
Neuroscience/Apoptosis
Rajiv Ratan | Jan 21, 1996 | 2 min read
Edited by Neeraja Sankaran R.R. Ratan, T.H. Murphy, J.M. Baraban, "Oxidative stress induces apoptosis in embryonic cortical neurons," Journal of Neurochemistry, 62:376-9, 1994. (Cited in more than 40 publications through November 1995) Comments by Rajiv Ratan, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore According to Rajiv Ratan, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the significance of this paper is that it begins to address the mechan
A rendering of a human brain in blue on a dark background with blue and white lines surrounding the brain to represent the construction of new connections in the brain.
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.
Book Excerpt from Deep Medicine
Eric Topol | Jul 15, 2019 | 4 min read
In Chapter 10, “Deep Discovery,” author Eric Topol considers the marriage of omics and AI.
Microscopy image of a fluorescent green oligodendrocyte surrounded by astrocytes stained red with blue nuclei.
Searching for a Direct Route to Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Jul 17, 2023 | 3 min read
Researchers created a new high-throughput tool to hunt for therapies that remyelinate the nervous system.

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