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·September 24, 2026·5 min read

Solving the Mystery of the Smooth Primate Brain

Researchers discover why marmoset brains remain smooth, revealing how progenitor cell timing alters primate cortical folding.

This shows neural progenitor stem cells.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 4, 2026·11 min read

“Cell Village” Platform Uncovers Genetic Drivers of Brain Growth

Scientists developed a "cell village" culture method and the Townlet statistical model to track neural stem cell growth and neurotoxin vulnerability across genetically diverse donors, linking 16p11.2 deletion to autism-related head overgrowth.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 26, 2026·9 min read

Progenitor Cell Aging Rates Dictate Brain Layer Proportions

Cortical variations are dictated by the distinct "aging rates" of neural progenitor cells controlled by Wnt signaling pathways.

This is a generated image of a neural progenitor cell.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·May 8, 2026·8 min read

Primary Cilium Shapes the Developing Brain

The primary cilium is more than an evolutionary leftover; it is a specialized protein factory. Researchers have discovered that these microscopic "antennas" contain localized machinery to produce proteins, offering a new biological roadmap for understanding, and eventually treating, developmental brain disorders.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·March 24, 2021·5 min read

How Humans Develop Larger Brains Than Other Apes

Using brain organoid models, researchers have identified how the brain grows much larger and has three times as many neurons, as the brains of chimpanzees and gorillas.

Featured Genetics Neurology Neuroscience

·April 15, 2020·4 min read

When damaged, the adult brain repairs itself by going back to the beginning

Mouse models of corticospinal injuries reveal adult neurons begin a natural regeneration process by reverting back to an embryonic state. The regeneration is sustained with the help of a gene more commonly associated with Huntington's disease.

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·January 30, 2020·4 min read

Study links rapid brain growth in autism to DNA damage

Neural progenitor cells generated from skin cell samples of people on the autism spectrum had heightened levels of DNA damage. The damage clustered in 36 of the same genes which had also been damaged in healthy cells exposed to replication stress. Twenty of the genes have previously been linked to the development of autism.

This shows the RGC disruptions in the scaffold

Autism Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·July 2, 2019·5 min read

The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins

A mutation of the Memo1 gene results in the disruption of radial glial cell scaffold, causing misplaced and disorganized layers. The mutation may be responsible for brain development abnormalities associated with autism.