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.