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Different colored cartoon viruses entering holes in a cartoon of a human brain.
A Journey Into the Brain
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Mar 22, 2024 | 10+ min read
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.
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2024 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences
Danielle Gerhard, PhD | Sep 14, 2023 | 10 min read
This year’s Breakthrough Prizes honor advances in CAR T cancer therapies, cystic fibrosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Exploring the Past, Present, and Future of Brain Organoids 
Niki Spahich, PhD | Feb 18, 2024 | 5 min read
Paola Arlotta seeks to understand the complex symphony of brain development in vitro by using organoid models.
On the left is a normally developing mouse embryo, on the right is a slightly larger mouse embryo that also contains horse cells that glow green.
Chimera research opens new doors to understanding and treating disease
Hannah Thomasy, PhD, Drug Discovery News | Aug 9, 2023 | 10 min read
Animals with human cells could provide donor organs or help us understand neuropsychiatric disorders.
Developmental Neuroscience Blossoming In The 1990s
Neeraja Sankaran | Nov 13, 1994 | 5 min read
Society for Neuroscience 11 Dupont Circle, N.W.Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 462-6688 Nancy Beang, executive director Carla Shatz, president 23,000 members International Society for Developmental Neuroscience University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas 77550-0652 Phone: (409) 772-3667 Fax: (409) 772-8028 E-mail: regino@beach.utmb.edu Arne Schousboe, president Regino Perez-Polo, secretary-general 1,000 m
Developmental Neuroscience Blossoming In The 1990s
Neeraja Sankaran | Nov 13, 1994 | 5 min read
Society for Neuroscience 11 Dupont Circle, N.W.Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 462-6688 Nancy Beang, executive director Carla Shatz, president 23,000 members International Society for Developmental Neuroscience University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas 77550-0652 Phone: (409) 772-3667 Fax: (409) 772-8028 E-mail: regino@beach.utmb.edu Arne Schousboe, president Regino Perez-Polo, secretary-general 1,000 m
Microscopy image of a fluorescent green oligodendrocyte surrounded by astrocytes stained red with blue nuclei.
Searching for a Direct Route to Multiple Sclerosis Treatment
Deanna MacNeil, PhD | Jul 17, 2023 | 3 min read
Researchers created a new high-throughput tool to hunt for therapies that remyelinate the nervous system.
bacteria and DNA molecules on a purple background.
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.
A mutated cell with a spiky membrane
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.
Researchers in George Church&rsquo;s lab modified wild type ADK proteins (left) in <em >E.coli</em>, furnishing them with an nonstandard amino acid (nsAA) meant to biocontain the resulting bacterial strain.
A Pioneer of The Multiplex Frontier
Rashmi Shivni, Drug Discovery News | May 20, 2023 | 10 min read
George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.

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