MIDAS platform accelerates protein engineering through rapid PCR-based screening
Proteins are critical to life – and to industry. There are countless proteins that could be engineered to…
FINGERS-7B built to eradicate Alzheimer’s symptoms
Alzheimer’s disease is best addressed as early as possible, ideally before symptoms become apparent. To enable early, accurate…
Stanford researchers create noninvasive way to deliver light deep inside the body
Light has an increasing number of applications in biology and medicine – it can be used to stimulate…
New brain circuit discovery offers hope for chronic pain treatment
A new map of a brain circuit specific to chronic pain suggests a promising route to treatment for…
Lifelong tracking of fish reveals early behavioral signals of aging
Scientists tracking the entire life of the African turquoise killifish have discovered that behavior alone can predict whether…
FOXJ3 gene identified as the critical link between abnormal brain development and epilepsy
Researchers have discovered that mutations in the FOXJ3 gene act as a “master switch” failure, disrupting how the…
New atlas of brain lysosomes sheds light on neurodegenerative disorders
Functioning brain cells need a functioning system for picking up the trash and sorting the recycling. But when…
Rare ABCA7 gene variants linked to Alzheimer’s risk
A new study from MIT neuroscientists reveals how rare variants of a gene called ABCA7 may contribute to…