Scientists test CRISPR as a cancer treatment, an app could help parents pick up on hints of autism, and a Dutch science academy tries to tilt its ranks toward women.

Tiny monkeys sporting even tinier backpacks are helping scientists understand the nuances of language and social behavior.

A new microscopy method allows researchers to track the firing patterns of many neurons in a monkey’s brain as it moves.

Tweaks to the popular gene-editing tool allow researchers to forge neurons from skin, swap the chemical tags on genes, and more.

Watch the complete replay of Alysson Muotri, whose webinar focuses on how stem cell research can provide insight into human neurodevelopment and the social brain.

Tucking CRISPR between two molecules allows researchers to toggle the gene-editing tool on and off.

Researchers have trained a computer algorithm to recognize the characteristics of autism genes.

People with autism assemble a wish list for researchers, a digital wristband tracks anxiety, and a runner on the spectrum prepares for his Paralympic debut.

Finding a difference between people with and without autism is only the first step toward identifying a clinically useful marker of the condition.

A new tool provides speedy analysis of gene expression in individual neurons from postmortem brain tissue.