Local News Mice Don’t Menstruate: Reimagining Women’s Health Using Organ Chips with Dr. Donald Ingber Wyss Institute | May 10, 2024 In this episode, host Sharon Kedar, Co-Founder of Northpond Ventures, is joined by Dr. Donald…karnottMay 10, 2024 Read More
Local News Q&A: Whitehead Institute Member Pulin Li on Recreating Development in the Lab Whitehead Institute | May 10, 2024 As an embryo matures from a cluster of cells, it undergoes a remarkable transformation, arranging…karnottMay 10, 2024 Read More
Awards Celia A. Schiffer Elected to National Academy of Sciences | May 9, 2024 Leading UMass Chan Medical School scientist Celia Schiffer, PhD, was elected to the National Academy…karnottMay 9, 2024 Read More
Local News Expanding a Lymph Node, Boosting a Vaccine Wyss Institute | May 9, 2024 Each one of us has around 600 lymph nodes (LNs) – small, bean-shaped organs that…karnottMay 9, 2024 Read More
Awards Complex Questions, Innovative Approaches The Harvard Gazette | May 8, 2024 Seven creative, cutting-edge projects in disciplines ranging from chemistry to health equity are winners of…karnottMay 8, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Eliciting a Single Amino Acid Change by Vaccination Generates Antibody Protection Against Group 1 and Group 2 Influenza a Viruses Ray, R., et al. | May 8, 2024 Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) targeting the hemagglutinin (HA) stem of influenza A viruses (IAVs) tend…karnottMay 8, 2024 Read More
Local News New Findings Activate a Better Understanding of Rett Syndrome’s Causes Wyss Institute | May 7, 2024 Rett syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder for which there is currently no cure or…karnottMay 7, 2024 Read More
Local News What Is Consciousness? McGovern Institute | May 7, 2024 In the hit T.V. show “Westworld,” Dolores Abernathy, a golden-tressed belle, lives in the days…karnottMay 7, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Disease Related Changes in ATAC-Seq of iPSC-Derived Motor Neuron Lines from ALS Patients and Controls Tsitkov, S., et al. | May 6, 2024 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), like many other neurodegenerative diseases, is highly heritable, but with only…karnottMay 6, 2024 Read More
Local News BRD7 Research Points to Alternative Insulin Signaling Pathway Boston Children's Hospital | May 6, 2024 Bromodomain-containing protein 7 (BRD7) was initially identified as a tumor suppressor, but further research has…karnottMay 6, 2024 Read More