Chronic neuropathic pain in mice is maintained by the translation of messenger RNA in inhibitory neurons, so drugs that modulate translational pathways may be able to treat this condition.
Taking a radical new approach to the publication process resulted in eLife losing its impact factor, but authors, reviewers, editors and funders support the journal and its efforts to reform scientific publishing.
In this episode, we hear about kangaroo energetics, moths that can hear plants, using GPS trackers for epidemiology, fingerprints, and long-overdue recognition for female scientists at the Eiffel Tower.
A new method enables engineered immune progenitor cells to replace microglia in mice and reveals how a genetic mutation can lead to inflammation in the brain.
Experiments on Drosophila show that an evolutionarily conserved photoreceptor that senses light outside of the retina can regulate responses to direct visual cues.
The presence of an organelle called the fusome in species as diverse as Drosophila and mammals indicates an ancient, conserved programme of germ cell development.
Ethel Browne Harvey, Hilde Pröscholdt Mangold, Ida Henrietta Hyde and Marthe Gautier all made important contributions to developmental biology, but their names are largely absent from histories of science.
