By Andrew Masuda, UC Santa Barbara An interdisciplinary team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has been awarded a major research grant from non-profit Wellcome Leap to join an ambitious global […] ...

The gut microbiome and epigenetics—molecular switches that turn genes on or off—are intertwined, and both contribute to ...

A process as intricate as brain development requires precisely controlled expression of crucial genes, but it’s the different flavors of a protein, or isoforms, that the genes encode that do the heavy ...

Researchers suggest early interventions, such as probiotics, could help nurture a healthy gut microbiome and potentially ...

A conceptual split between neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions is helpful, but a clear-cut separation when it ...