The Transgender Brain

Meet some of the people featured in the March 2018 issue of The Scientist.

How can science inform the debate on gender?

Take a break from the bench to puzzle and peruse.

The variation may help explain why stocked salmon don’t fare as well in the ocean.

Scientists in the U.K., in collaboration with members of the judiciary, have launched the first in a series of explanatory documents designed to help integrate science into the courtroom.

From extending lifespan to bolstering the immune system, the drug’s effects are only just beginning to be understood.

Chronic stress tweaks a circuit in the brain that influences how lab rodents make tough decisions. 

A new protein may allow researchers to home in on individual neurons, determining their activity minute by minute.

Research into the biological basis of gender identity is in its infancy, but clues are beginning to emerge.

Transmission of stress signals in E. coli is dependent on the distance between its inner and outer membranes.

In response to short DNA fragments, lymphocytes release mitochondrial DNA that helps trigger an immune response.

A study suggests that there is more to the eukaryotic genome than was previously suspected.

After discovering a novel organelle found in protozoan parasites, the University of Pennsylvania’s Roos created a widely used eukaryotic pathogen database.

Studying pharmacogenetics in lab rodents prepared the Columbia University professor to investigate the biological underpinnings of substance use disorders in humans.

Researchers have developed a variety of techniques to detect when CRISPR misses the mark.

In efforts to translate basic-science results into pharmaceuticals and other technologies, success cannot be taken for granted.

As millions of men headed off to fight in the Great War, women researchers stayed behind to further science. Their struggle for equality rages on today.

The incubator exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries publicized the care of premature babies.