Publications of the Week A Single Human VH-gene Allows for a Broad-Spectrum Antibody Response Targeting Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides in the Blood Sangesland, M., et al. | September 4, 2020 B cell receptors (BCRs) display a combination of variable (V)-gene-encoded complementarity determining regions (CDRs) and…eabramovichSeptember 4, 2020 Read More
Awards 40 Under 40: Nicole Gaudelli Fortune Magazine | September 4, 2020 Gaudelli made a scientific breakthrough that is driving forward the booming, fast-moving field of gene…eabramovichSeptember 4, 2020 Read More
Local News Pint-Sized Science: The Mysterious Mitochondria Science in the News | September 3, 2020 You might remember the mitochondria from biology class as the engine that produces the energy…eabramovichSeptember 3, 2020 Read More
Local News Novel Dual CAR T Cell Immunotherapy Holds Promise for Targeting the HIV Reservoir Massachusetts General Hospital | September 3, 2020 A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, led by researchers Todd Allen, PhD, a…eabramovichSeptember 3, 2020 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to Establish Benderson Family Program for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Dana-Farber | September 3, 2020 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has received a $5 million gift from the Benderson Family of Sarasota,…eabramovichSeptember 3, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Enhancer Dependence of Cell-Type–Specific Gene Expression Increases with Developmental Age Cai, W., et al. | September 2, 2020 Gene regulatory logic reflects the occupancy of cis elements by transcription factors and the configuration of promoters…eabramovichSeptember 2, 2020 Read More
Uncategorized Dana-Farber Collaborates with Mass. Eye and Ear to Rebuild Damaged Corneas Using Patients’ Own Stem Cells for First Time in United States Dana-Farber | September 2, 2020 Surgeons at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have replaced the ocular surface of four patients who…eabramovichSeptember 2, 2020 Read More
Local News Some Scientists Are Taking a DIY Coronavirus Vaccine, and Nobody Knows if It’s Legal or if It Works MIT Technology Review | September 2, 2020 Preston Estep was alone in a borrowed laboratory, somewhere in Boston. No big company, no…eabramovichSeptember 2, 2020 Read More
Local News Closing, Reopening Labs Was a Complex Experiment Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | September 2, 2020 A lab is a little like a giant cruise ship, according to Sarah Fortune, John LaPorte…eabramovichSeptember 2, 2020 Read More
Local News “Runaway” Transcription MIT Biology | September 1, 2020 On the evolutionary tree, humans diverged from yeast roughly one billion years ago. By comparison,…eabramovichSeptember 1, 2020 Read More