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Humans can remember new sensory information presented during REM sleep, but this ability is suppressed during deep, slow-wave slumber.

Researchers have catalogued mutations in the coding regions of 36 of the most important mouse strains.

Using a large CRISPR-based screen, researchers find possible genetic culprits for patients not having success with immune checkpoint inhibitors.  

Researchers continue to identify new T-cell subtypes—and devise ways to use them to fight cancer. The Scientist attempts to catalog them all.

The Scientist sat down with one of the authors of a recent analysis that quantifies the increasing incursion of open-access content into the world of scholarly publishing.

A study finds the so-called DREADD method of manipulating neurons using a drug called CNO actually works via clozapine.

The legislation removes restrictions for seriously ill patients to access experimental treatments that have not received FDA approval.

A small patch of engineered cells makes an enzyme that stimulates insulin release.

Anthropologists make use of forensic science to delve into historical mysteries.

Lila Gierasch uses biochemical tools to understand how linear chains of amino acids turn into complex three-dimensional structures.

As nature-based tourism becomes more popular, considering the ecological effects of the practice becomes paramount.

Mice transplanted with human hematopoietic stem cells that have an HIV receptor gene, CCR5, disrupted by gene editing allows the animals to ward off HIV infection.