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Scientists from the NIAID outline how SARS-CoV-2 variants have arisen, concerns about whether vaccines currently authorized for use will continue to protect against new variants, and the need for a global approach to fighting SARS-CoV-2 as it spreads and acquires additional mutations.

An international team of scientists has sequenced the genome of a capuchin monkey for the first time, uncovering new genetic clues about the evolution of their long lifespan and large brains.

In chronic infections, the immune system can become exhausted, making it difficult to fight disease. Researchers have looked into how this works.

A key enzyme, PRMT5, controls a large network of proteins important in cell division and growth. Inhibition of this enzyme paves the way for a new class of drugs that could stop glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, from growing.

Using mouse models, cancer researchers have identified mechanisms by which malignant tumor cells extend their toxicity to distinct cell types and in turn help them to spread.

A team of researchers analyzed sequences of ACE2 and other human proteins involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection, such as a class of proteins called integrins.

Machine learning study initiated at the Wyss Institute in collaboration with Google Research enables unprecedented AAV capsid diversification with potential for improving gene therapies.

Scientists have identified a pathway that all filoviruses, including Ebola, use to gain entry into our cells and shown how they can be stopped in their tracks by at least one FDA-approved drug.

Scientists have used genome-editing technology to replace a modern gene involved in neurodevelopment with its ancestor that was expressed in Neanderthal/Denisovan populations. The gene has been expressed in brain organoids to study its function. The study findings bring us one step closer to understanding how the modern human brain has evolved.

Scientists report major discoveries on how a class of molecules called polyampholytes can safely freeze biological materials.