Local News Engineers Use “DNA Origami” to Identify Vaccine Design Rules MIT News | July 2, 2020 By folding DNA into a virus-like structure, MIT researchers have designed HIV-like particles that provoke…eabramovichJuly 2, 2020 Read More
Local News Takeda and Carmine Enter $900 Million Non-Viral Gene Therapy Collaboration BioSpace | July 2, 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Carmine Therapeutics inked a research collaboration deal with Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical to develop and commercialize non-viral gene…eabramovichJuly 2, 2020 Read More
Awards Two Whitehead Institute Members Named to Endowed Professorships Whitehead Institute | July 1, 2020 At the heart of Whitehead Institute are its Members, a group of world-class investigators who…eabramovichJuly 1, 2020 Read More
Local News A Focused Approach to Imaging Neural Activity in the Brain MIT News | July 1, 2020 When neurons fire an electrical impulse, they also experience a surge of calcium ions. By…eabramovichJuly 1, 2020 Read More
Local News Acid Test Harvard Medical School | July 1, 2020 Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute studying embryonic development have…eabramovichJuly 1, 2020 Read More
Local News These Muscle Cells Are Guideposts to Help Regenerative Flatworms Grow Back Their Eyes Whitehead Institute | June 30, 2020 If anything happens to the eyes of the tiny, freshwater-dwelling planarian Schmidtea mediterranea, they can grow them…eabramovichJune 30, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Yasaman Gholamalipour Awarded Fellowship by Huntington’s Disease Society of America UMass Medical School | June 30, 2020 UMass Medical School postdoctoral associate Yasaman Gholamalipour, PhD, was awarded the Huntington’s Disease Society of…eabramovichJune 30, 2020 Read More
Local News “Genetic Trades” of More than 50 Gene Variants Are Linked to Common Blood Disorder Broad Institute | June 30, 2020 Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and…eabramovichJune 30, 2020 Read More
Local News A Fish Called Spondo Harvard Medical School | June 30, 2020 A spine is a spine is a spine—or is it? From sharks to salamanders to…eabramovichJune 30, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Drug GRADE: An Integrated Analysis of Population Growth and Cell Death Reveals Drug-Specific and Cancer Subtype-Specific Response Profiles Schwartz, H.R., et al. | June 29, 2020 The typical measurement for evaluating drugs doesn’t distinguish between responses that are due to inhibition…eabramovichJune 29, 2020 Read More