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Immune cells get a lot of shine when it comes to fighting infection, but it turns out that fat might be just as important for removing parasitic invaders.

The method, dubbed “DIANA,” could transform neuroscientists’ understanding of how the brain works, researchers say—though for now, it’s only been tested in anesthetized mice.

A team proposes that the addition of a small accessory subunit to the carbon-fixing enzyme was key to improving its catalytic properties and specificity to CO₂.

Researchers scramble to adapt as bouts of severe heat and aridity increasingly become the norm.

The long-tailed macaque and pig-tailed macaque are now endangered in the wild according to the IUCN Red List, which says exports for monkey research are partially to blame.

The donation will fund recruitment, research facilities, clinical research, and immunotherapy research.

A previously undetected pathway in the mouse brain bypasses the visual cortex to directly activate contagious itch.

The human cells, engineered to respond to blue light, influenced rat behavior when stimulated.

The DishBrain system can send and receive electrophysiological signals to and from living neurons, training the cells to accomplish a task.

Researchers say they’re abandoning the project in its current form—one of several that aims to induce what’s known as mucosal immunity against SARS-CoV-2.

Immunoglobulin genes might have evolved much earlier than previously expected, perhaps even in the common ancestor of Cnidarians and Bilateria, a study suggests.

As alternatives to insecticides, Omar Akbari uses sophisticated genetic engineering methods to solve the world’s mosquito problems.