Publications of the Week Tumor Editing Suppresses Innate and Adaptive Antitumor Immunity and Is Reversed by Inhibiting DNA Methylation Zhang, Y., et al. | September 11, 2024 Cancer cells edit gene expression to evade immunosurveillance. However, genome-wide studies of gene editing during…karnottSeptember 11, 2024 Read More
Awards The Royal Society of Canada Announces its 2024 Cohort of Fellows and College Members The Royal Society of Canada | September 10, 2024 The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and its Members have elected this year’s new Fellows…karnottSeptember 10, 2024 Read More
Local News Whitehead Institute Researchers Uncover a New Clue Toward Understanding the Molecular Basis of Parkinson’s Disease Whitehead Institute | September 10, 2024 Dopamine is more than the “rush molecule”. This chemical messenger, produced by neurons in the…karnottSeptember 10, 2024 Read More
Local News Immunotherapy for Children with Primary Liver Carcinomas: Research Offers New Hope Boston Children’s Hospital | September 9, 2024 Pediatric hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and fibrolamellar carcinoma are rare, aggressive forms of liver cancer that…karnottSeptember 9, 2024 Read More
Local News #WhyIScience Q&A: A Systems Biologist Develops Computational Tools to Bring Scale to Cell Experiments Broad Institute | September 9, 2024 At first, Yue Qin thought she wanted to become a doctor. She’d always been interested…karnottSeptember 9, 2024 Read More
Local News Massachusetts Life Sciences Sector Adds 3,000 New Jobs, Despite Industry Layoffs WBUR | September 9, 2024 Despite layoffs and declines in funding over the past year, Massachusetts' biopharma industry added 3,000…karnottSeptember 9, 2024 Read More
Local News Scientists Find Neurons That Process Language on Different Timescales McGovern Institute | September 6, 2024 Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), neuroscientists have identified several regions of the brain that…karnottSeptember 6, 2024 Read More
Local News Getting Their Hands Dirty in the Lab — and in the Charles River The Brink | September 6, 2024 The Charles River serves as the backdrop of Boston University’s mile-long campus, yet many BU…karnottSeptember 6, 2024 Read More
Awards Samara Vilca Receives NIH D-SPAN Award to Further Independent Neuroscience Research UMass Chan Medical School | September 5, 2024 Postdoctoral fellow Samara Vilca, PhD, has been awarded the second phase of the National Institutes…karnottSeptember 5, 2024 Read More
Local News Pursuing the Secrets of a Stealthy Parasite MIT News | September 5, 2024 Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis, is believed to infect as much as one-third…karnottSeptember 5, 2024 Read More