Local News UMass Chan Licenses Gene Therapy for Maple Syrup Urine Disease to Plowshare Therapies UMass Chan Medical School | April 30, 2026 A gene therapy designed by UMass Chan Medical school researchers to correct mutations that cause…karnottApril 30, 2026 Read More
Local News Vitamin D May Help Prevent Diabetes, Depending on Your Genes Tufts Now | April 30, 2026 More than two in five U.S. adults have prediabetes, a condition marked by higher-than-normal blood…karnottApril 30, 2026 Read More
Local News From Lemur Gut Health to COVID-19, Amanda Perofsky Studies Infectious Diseases Northeastern Global News | April 30, 2026 What do Madagascar’s lemurs and the COVID-19 pandemic have in common? The answer is Amanda…karnottApril 30, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Inertial Sensing of Water Content in Tumor Spheroids Katsikis, G., et al. | April 29, 2026 Cellular water content governs the concentration of all biomolecules inside a cell, thereby influencing the…karnottApril 29, 2026 Read More
Local News Gaiha Lab Identifies T Cells With Robust Expansion Capability That Help a Rare Group of People Naturally Control HIV After Treatment Interruption Ragon Institute | April 29, 2026 A small number of people living with HIV are able to durably suppress the virus…karnottApril 29, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Sophie Claudel Awarded American Kidney Fund Grant Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 28, 2026 Sophie Claudel, MD, has received a 2026 research grant from the American Kidney Fund’s (AKF)…karnottApril 28, 2026 Read More
Local News New Findings Uncover a 3D DNA Switch in Brown Fat That Could Fight Obesity and Diabetes Joslin Diabetes Center | April 28, 2026 Most fat stores energy; the body’s brown fat does the opposite. Unlike the white fat…karnottApril 28, 2026 Read More
Awards Professor Michael Laub and MIT Alumni Named 2025 AAAS Fellows MIT News | April 27, 2026 MIT Professor Michael T. Laub as well as 21 MIT alumni have been elected as…karnottApril 27, 2026 Read More
Local News Forging Paths to Healing, From Immunology to the Biomedical Pipeline Harvard Medical School | April 27, 2026 Leonard Nettey almost missed out on one of the most meaningful opportunities of his life.…karnottApril 27, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Synthetic Control of Implanted Engineered Liver Tissue Growth Stoddard, A., et al. | April 27, 2026 Despite the promise of engineered tissue implants for the treatment of organ failure, scaling of…karnottApril 27, 2026 Read More