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.

A state-of-the-art technique helps scientists map out tissue at the single cell level after a demyelinating brain injury.

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.

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

The approach could help test hypotheses about how atypical function of the brain’s immune cells contributes to autism.

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

George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.

In mice, epigenetic marks made on histones during infancy influence depression-like behavior during adulthood. A drug that reverses the genomic tags appears to undo the damage.

The changes may help explain the link between maternal infection and autism, though more research is needed.

The mutation prevents certain amino acids from entering neurons, causing the cells to die early in development.