Awards David Liu Receives Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Broad Institute | April 15, 2025 Gene editing pioneer David Liu, a core member at the Broad Institute where he is…karnottApril 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Lysine Vitcylation Is a Vitamin C-Derived Protein Modification That Enhances STAT1-Mediated Immune Response He, X., et al. | April 15, 2025 Vitamin C (vitC) is essential for health and shows promise in treating diseases like cancer,…karnottApril 15, 2025 Read More
Local News Scientists Have Developed a Way To Scale Up Spatial Genomics and Lower Costs Broad Institute | April 14, 2025 Spatial transcriptomics technologies opened the door for new kinds of biological measurements, allowing scientists to…karnottApril 14, 2025 Read More
Awards Harvard Medical School Researcher Wins 2025 Breakthrough Prize for Work on GLP-1 Harvard Medical School | April 14, 2025 The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences has been awarded to five scientists for the…karnottApril 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Engineers Develop a Way To Mass Manufacture Nanoparticles That Deliver Cancer Drugs Directly to Tumors MIT News | April 14, 2025 Polymer-coated nanoparticles loaded with therapeutic drugs show significant promise for cancer treatment, including ovarian cancer.…karnottApril 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Molecules That Fight Infection Also Act on the Brain, Inducing Anxiety or Sociability MIT News | April 11, 2025 Immune molecules called cytokines play important roles in the body’s defense against infection, helping to…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Molecular Basis for Shifted Receptor Recognition by an Encephalitic Arbovirus Fan, X., et al. | April 11, 2025 Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is an arbovirus that historically caused large outbreaks of encephalitis…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More
Local News Could the Falcine Sinus Hold the Key to Vein of Galen Outcomes? Boston Children's Hospital | April 11, 2025 A Boston Children’s Hospital study uncovers how fetal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could be a…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More
Awards Two HMS Faculty Elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Harvard Medical School | April 10, 2025 Two researchers from Harvard Medical School have been elected fellows of the American Association for…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More
Local News A Simple Animal’s Response to Sickness Highlights the Nervous System’s Surprising Degrees of Flexibility The Picower Institute | April 10, 2025 Whether you are a person about town or a worm in a dish, life can…karnottApril 10, 2025 Read More