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.

Vaccination has beaten back infections for more than a century. Now, it may be the next big step in battling cancer.

A state-of-the-art technique helps scientists map out tissue at the single cell level after a demyelinating brain injury.

Adult neurogenesis, already appreciated for its role in learning and memory, also participates in mental health and possibly even attention, new research suggests.

Macaques continued to search for answers to an unsolvable laboratory task, seemingly refusing to believe that the correct answers were random and inconsistent.

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

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

The Scientist spoke with Maximilien Chaumon about his database showing how COVID-19 related lockdowns warped more 2,800 people’s perception of time.

A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.