Awards Dr. Mara Murray Horwitz Receives $150K March of Dimes Research Grant Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 26, 2024 Mara Murray Horwitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and a primary care clinician at…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Plastic Degradation Company, Breaking, Emerges from Stealth with Naturally-Derived Solution to Degrade Multiple Plastics with $10.5M in Seed Funding Wyss Institute | April 26, 2024 Breaking, a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company, gestated at Colossal Biosciences based on a…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Autonomous Circadian Rhythms in the Human Hepatocyte Regulate Hepatic Drug Metabolism and Inflammatory Responses Science Advances | April 25, 2024 Critical aspects of physiology and cell function exhibit self-sustained ~24-hour variations termed circadian rhythms. In…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Local News New Program Helps High School Students Explore Careers in Cardiology Massachusetts General Hospital | April 25, 2024 Massachusetts General Hospital has launched a new mentorship and career exploration program to inspire diverse…karnottApril 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Chief Scientific Officer, Kevin Haigis, PhD, Elected As Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 24, 2024 Kevin Haigis, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been named Fellow of the…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week An Esophagus Cell Atlas Reveals Dynamic Rewiring During Active Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Remission Ding, J., et al. | April 24, 2024 Coordinated cell interactions within the esophagus maintain homeostasis, and disruption can lead to eosinophilic esophagitis…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Local News Scientists Uncover 95 Regions of the Genome Linked to PTSD Broad Institute | April 24, 2024 In posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), intrusive thoughts, changes in mood, and other symptoms after exposure…karnottApril 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week BCAA-Nitrogen Flux in Brown Fat Controls Metabolic Health Independent of Thermogenesis Verkerke, A., et al. | April 23, 2024 Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is best known for thermogenesis. Rodent studies demonstrated that enhanced BAT…karnottApril 23, 2024 Read More
Local News How to Realize the Immense Promise of Gene Editing Harvard Medical School | April 22, 2024 The world stands on the edge of an era when gene editing can address many…karnottApril 22, 2024 Read More
Awards Mary Munson, Craig Peterson Named American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows UMass Chan Medical School | April 22, 2024 Mary Munson, PhD, professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, vice chair of diversity for the…karnottApril 22, 2024 Read More