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.

A new study confirms reports of membrane-bound RNA molecules and points to their role in neutrophil migration.

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

Meritxell Huch tackled her pipedream of growing three-dimensional pancreatic tissue in a dish.

A method for culturing the infectious stage of the Plasmodium lifecycle could increase malaria vaccine production efficiency by tenfold, study authors say.

The Royal Society's annual science extravaganza packs some interesting stuff into 5 days of love and research.

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

At The Scientist, we are strengthening our roots while reaching for the sky.

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

Damaged lysosomes are repaired by a lipid-based signaling pathway dubbed PITT that could be targeted to treat neurodegenerative disease, its discoverers say.