Publications of the Week Pyridoxal-Phosphate-Dependent Biosynthesis of Aminovaleramide by AvaS in tRNA Sun, J., et al. | September 25, 2026 In eubacteria, decoding of isoleucine codon AUA requires a specialized tRNA (tRNAIle2) modified with lysidine…karnottSeptember 25, 2026 Read More
Awards Dr. Chao Zhang Awarded $3.2M NIH Grant Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | September 24, 2026 Chao Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of medicine/computational biomedicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School…karnottSeptember 24, 2026 Read More
Local News Targeting CDK2 Could Boost Cancer Immunotherapy Response Harvard Medical School | September 24, 2026 Drugs called CDK2 inhibitors, which are currently being tested as treatments to slow the growth…karnottSeptember 24, 2026 Read More
Awards BU Ignition Award Winners’ Innovations Could Reduce Knee Pain, Extend Lives of Cancer Patients, and Propel Underwater Robots Boston University | September 23, 2026 Recovery after a full knee replacement is a slow process—for some, it can take a…karnottSeptember 23, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Maintaining Transcriptome Solubility Constrains mRNA Sequence Composition Todisco, M., et al. | September 22, 2026 RNA base-pairing enables folding and regulation, but it also creates pervasive opportunities for unintended RNA–RNA…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More
Local News Four Innovative Approaches Mass General Brigham Investigators Are Taking to Tackle Ovarian Cancer Mass General Brigham | September 22, 2026 Ovarian cancer is one of the most challenging gynecologic cancers to detect and treat, in…karnottSeptember 22, 2026 Read More
Awards Tien Nguyen Awarded NIH Fellowship to Study Bacterial Cell Division Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | September 21, 2026 Tien Nguyen, a fifth-year MCO graduate student, has received an NIH F31 fellowship to investigate…karnottSeptember 21, 2026 Read More
Local News Discovery Fills a Gap in Understanding, Diagnosing Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Harvard Medical School | September 21, 2026 Hair-like appendages called motile cilia beat in synchrony on cells in many parts of the…karnottSeptember 21, 2026 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Receives $14.7 Million Grant to Develop Gene Therapies for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency UMass Chan Medical School | September 18, 2026 Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School have received $14.7 million from the National Heart, Lung…karnottSeptember 18, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week EBV Reactivation Priming of the Peripheral Immune System in Multiple Sclerosis Relapse King, D., et al. | September 18, 2026 Despite decades of research, the cellular and molecular events preceding multiple sclerosis (MS) relapse remain…karnottSeptember 18, 2026 Read More