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Novel CRISPR-based single-cell genetics platform, Perturb-seq, enables large-scale analysis of complex genetic interactions.

Certain cancer cells can convert into blood vessel-supporting cells that drive tumor growth, according to the researchers’ findings.

An international team of scientists has identified variants of the gene EBF3 causing a developmental disorder with features in common with autism. Identification of these gene variants leads to a better understanding of these complex conditions and opens the possibility of diagnosing other previously undiagnosed patients with similar clinical disorders.

Examining the molecular basis of brain plasticity and the manner in which neurons 'learn'.

Study helps explain why gene mutation causes debilitating symptoms and loss of brain tissue.

The detection of prions in the blood of patients with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) could lead to a noninvasive diagnosis prior to symptoms and a way to identify prion contamination of the donated blood supply, according to researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

Study suggests reduced plasticity could account for reading difficulties.

Sounds, such as music and noise, are capable of reliably affecting individuals' moods and emotions, possibly by regulating brain dopamine, a neurotransmitter strongly involved in emotional behavior and mood regulation.

When assessing an older person's fall risk, brain processing speed matters, researchers found.

After priming, brain rapidly retunes to detect language patterns in formerly unintelligible speech.