An illustration depicting the damaging effects of a tumor (red) on structural connections within the brain
An illustration depicting the damaging effects of a tumor (red) on structural connections within the brain
The editor-in-chief of the open access journal Retrovirology has passed away unexpectedly.
Protein aggregates in the brains of some people with dementia or motor neuron disease have a surprising origin.
Scientists found a way to cause panic attacks in women with amygdala damage.
One of the most advanced tuberculosis vaccines has failed to protect infants from getting the disease in a clinical trial, but it may be effective in adults.
Researchers have generated an image of thoughts flitting through the brains of zebrafish.
A company offering experimental stem-cell treatments will carry out its procedures in Mexico after the FDA warned that it would need approval to operate in the U.S.
Researchers pinpoint a gene marker for neurons sensitive to gentle touch such as grooming.
| February 1, 2013
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2013 issue of The Scientist.