person in deep sleep wearing eye mask

Clues into a Sleep Mystery

Why is deep, restorative sleep so elusive? New research offers clues, points to novel therapies

Rows of blue and white brain scans on a black background

Back to Basics

New grant program to fund basic neurodegeneration research with therapeutic potential

A close up image of a lung cancer tumor, composed of patches of red, white, blue, and green cells

Data Deep Dive

A new tool makes high-resolution imaging data on human tissues easier to understand and use

Patches of red melanoma cells surrounded by layers of blue and green immune cells.

Getting Under Our Skin

Spatial maps of melanoma reveal how individual cells interact as cancer progresses

Irregular red patches representing dopamine on a black background that is the brain

Firing It Up

Mechanism underlying dopamine release in brain identified

Close-up photo of varied kinds of maize cobs

Prehistory Twist

Ancient DNA complicates story of first Mesoamerican farming

gut microbes

Countering Gut Inflammation

The findings bring scientists a step closer to developing small-molecule and bacterial treatments…

A pair of microscope photos showing blood vessels in the blood-retina barrier dyed green with fluorescent dye

Hitting a Wall

Researchers ID new mechanism that regulates permeability of blood-brain barrier in mice