Haydeh Payami is wearing a purple dress and an orange and pink scarf and standing in front of a whiteboard.
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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.

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Neurological Correlates Allow Us to Predict Human Behavior

Increased Neuronal Activity Shortens Lifespan in Animals

WHO Panel Calls For a Registry of Gene-Editing Research in Humans

Brain Rhythms Guide How Humans Pay Attention

Both Sides of the Brain Are Active During One-Sided Arm Movement

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Cancer Cells Fuse with Immune Cells in Human Patients

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Herpes Viruses Implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease

Pancreatic Cell Size Negatively Relates to Lifespan in Mammals

New Federal Policy for Human Research Subjects Delayed

The Sleeping Brain Can Learn

Stem Cell Trial Data Mostly Go Unpublished

RNA-Seq Reveals Previously Hidden, Genetic Disorder–Causing Mutations

San People Write Ethical Code for Research

Rhythm Arises from Random Beats in a “Telephone” Game

Retrieving Short-Term Memories

Nascent Neurons Journey Through Newborn Brain

Early-Life Stress Affects Telomeres Later

Feds Demand More Clinical Trial Reporting

Neonatal Gut Bacteria Might Promote Asthma

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Moss Medicines: The Next Revolution in Biotech?

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New Neurons Continue to Form in Adult Human Brains

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How Cysteine Depletion Drives Cells to Burn Fat 

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

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The Holy Grail Hunt in De Novo Antibody Design

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July Digest 2025
July 2025, Issue 1

What Causes an Earworm?

Memory-enhancing neural networks may also drive involuntary musical loops in the brain.

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Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Screening 3D Brain Cell Cultures for Drug Discovery

Explore synthetic DNA’s many applications in cancer research

Weaving the Fabric of Cancer Research with Synthetic DNA

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Enhancing Elution of Plasmid DNA

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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