The single-celled fungus allows researchers to study Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS and other brain diseases with unparalleled speed and scale.

In light of recent reports of electronic-cigarette–related illness and death, UNC Chapel Hill professor Robert Tarran discusses the dangerous effects of e-liquids on the lungs.

Meet some of the people featured in the May 2017 issue of The Scientist.

The structure and function of the cell's protein-degrading machine

Editor's choice in drug development

The hallmark pathology of Parkinson’s disease is the damage and death of dopamine producing neurons in the brain. 

The minority of Parkinson’s cases now known to have genetic origins are shedding light on the cellular mechanisms of all the rest, bringing researchers closer to a cause—and perhaps a cure.