Animals with human cells could provide donor organs or help us understand neuropsychiatric disorders.

Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.

Conversations between the immune and central nervous systems are proving to be essential for the healthy social behavior, learning, and memory.

Once thought only to attack neurons, immune cells turn out to be vital for central nervous system function.

The Scientist’s annual competition uncovered a bonanza of interesting technologies that made their way onto the market and into labs this year.

Researchers and pharma companies have tried to attack this disease by reducing amyloid plaques, but inflammation may be the real culprit.

Can mice with humanlike tissues better model drug effects in people?

Glial cells were once considered neurons’ supporting actors, but new methods and model organisms are revealing their true importance in brain function.

As researchers sequence the DNA of thousands of kids with autism, dozens of genetic subgroups are emerging.

Viruses, Diseases Author: Karen Young Kreeger Sidebar: Professional Resources for Viral Disease Researchers In the mid- to late 1980s, numerous correlations were discovered between viruses and various types of cancers. For example, Epstein-Barr virus was associated with nasopharyngeal carcinoma and B-cell lymphoma, hepatitis B virus with liver cancer, and human papillomavirus with cervical cancer. Now, a decade later, basic and clinical scientists are finding out that viruses may also play a r