Local News Additional COVID-19 Related Genes – Both Helpful and Harmful – Revealed in Massive Screen Broad Institute | November 2, 2020 Researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundred of…eabramovichNovember 2, 2020 Read More
Local News Melding Biology and Physical Sciences Yields Deeper Understanding of Cancer Massachusetts General Hospital | November 2, 2020 An evolving understanding of cancer that incorporates the physical properties of tumors and their surrounding…eabramovichNovember 2, 2020 Read More
Local News PTSD Interacts with Klotho Gene, May Cause Premature Aging in the Brain BU School of Medicine | October 30, 2020 Genetics and the environment (including psychiatric stress) may contribute to the pace of cellular aging,…eabramovichOctober 30, 2020 Read More
Local News Tyler Jacks, Founding Director of MIT’s Koch Institute, to Step Down MIT News | October 30, 2020 The Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer…eabramovichOctober 30, 2020 Read More
Awards Introducing the 2020-2021 Convergence Scholars Koch Institute | October 30, 2020 The Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine and the MIT Center for Precision Cancer Medicine are…eabramovichOctober 30, 2020 Read More
Local News New Strategies for Restoring Myelin on Damaged Nerve Cells Boston Children's Hospital | October 30, 2020 Loss of myelin — the fatty substance that surrounds the axons of nerve cells —…eabramovichOctober 30, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week GATA6 Mutations in hiPSCs Inform Mechanisms for Maldevelopment of the Heart, Pancreas, and Diaphragm Sharma, A., et al. | October 29, 2020 In collaboration with the NIH’s Pediatric Cardiac Genomics Consortium, the authors sequenced thousands of children…eabramovichOctober 29, 2020 Read More
Local News Silencing Gene Expression to Cure Complex Diseases MIT News | October 29, 2020 Many people think of new medicines as bullets, and in the pharmaceutical industry, frequently used…eabramovichOctober 29, 2020 Read More
Local News Targeted Inhibitor of Mutated KRAS Gene Shows Promise in Early Trial for Lung, Bowel, and Other Solid Tumors Dana-Farber | October 29, 2020 A novel agent that targets a mutated form of the KRAS gene – the most…eabramovichOctober 29, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Augmenting Emergency Granulopoiesis with CpG Conditioned Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Murine Neutropenic Sepsis Ng, J., et al. | October 28, 2020 Emergency granulopoiesis, or the de novo generation of neutrophils in response to a systemic infection…eabramovichOctober 28, 2020 Read More