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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.
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.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| May 1, 2014
| 3 min read
Madness and Memory, Promoting the Planck Club, The Carnivore Wa
y, and
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons
Short-lived Molecules Support Long-term Memory
Alejandra Manjarrez, PhD
| Jun 6, 2023
| 3 min read
A gene essential for information storage in the brain engages an autoregulatory feedback loop to consolidate memory.
Mutations in Autism-Linked Gene Cause Membrane Mischief
Holly Barker, PhD,
Spectrum
| Jan 26, 2023
| 4 min read
Inactivating TAOK1 prompts tentacle-like protrusions to form all over a neuron’s surface, revealing the gene’s role in molding the membrane.
Alternative Medicines
The Scientist
| Jul 1, 2012
| 10+ min read
As nonconventional medical treatments become increasingly mainstream, we take a look at the science behind some of the most popular.
Top 7 in medicine
Megan Scudellari
| Jan 30, 2011
| 4 min read
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in medicine and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Science with Borders: Researchers Navigate Red Tape
Max Kozlov
| Mar 1, 2021
| 10 min read
Scientists who work with foreign biological specimens face a patchwork of permits that threaten to block their projects, with potentially harmful consequences for the ecosystems they study.
How an Early Warning Radar Could Prevent Future Pandemics
Amos Zeeberg,
Undark
| Feb 27, 2023
| 8 min read
Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.
T Cells and Neurons Talk to Each Other
Ashley Yeager
| Oct 1, 2020
| 10+ min read
Conversations between the immune and central nervous systems are proving to be essential for the healthy social behavior, learning, and memory.
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