Scientists uncovered a surprising four-layer structure hidden inside the hippocampal CA1 region, one of the brain’s major centers for memory, navigation, and emotion. Using advanced RNA imaging ...

Understanding the shape or morphology of neurons and mapping the tree-like branches via which they receive signals from other ...

The proposal explores the cutting-edge applications of genetic technologies in bird conservation. This Research Topic aims to ...

Disease development is often shaped by genetics, with how much or how little a gene is expressed influencing disease risk.

New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal ...

Fine-tuning a gene centrally involved in regulating the immune system offers potential clues for future autoimmunity and cancer treatments. The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be ...

The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained enough to avoid attacking the body's own tissues. More than two decades ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...

A research team in Japan has developed an innovative system that can accurately detect genetic mutations in the brain tumor within just 25 minutes. Genetic mutations are crucial markers for diagnosis ...

HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE is arguably the nastiest inherited illness around. Symptoms include involuntary jerking, difficulty swallowing and speaking, lapses of memory, lack of concentration, depression, ...

Seeking to stop a rapist, veteran DNA detective CeCe Moore found herself fighting a battle among the trees—family trees, that is. And as a result of her meticulous mystery-solving acumen, Utah can ...