Awards MIT-Led Team Receives Funding to Pursue New Treatments for Metabolic DiseaseMIT News | February 8, 2024A team of MIT researchers will lead a $65.67 million effort, awarded by the U.S.…karnottFebruary 8, 2024 Read More
Awards Nancy Hopkins Awarded the National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare MedalMIT News | February 7, 2024The National Academy of Sciences has awarded MIT biologist Nancy Hopkins, the Amgen Professor of…karnottFebruary 7, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Improved Immunostaining of Nanostructures and Cells in Human Brain Specimens Through Expansion-Mediated Protein DecrowdingValdes, P., et al. | February 7, 2024Proteins are densely packed in cells and tissues, where they form complex nanostructures. Expansion microscopy…karnottFebruary 7, 2024 Read More
Awards Kim Vanuytsel, PhD, Receives 2024 Scholar Award from the American Society of HematologyBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | February 6, 2024Kim Vanuytsel, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, is one of 36 recipients of the American…karnottFebruary 6, 2024 Read More
Local News ReiThera Srl, the Ragon Institute, and IAVI Announce Collaboration to Advance Highly Networked T Cell HIV Vaccine Candidate Towards Phase I Clinical Evaluation Ragon Institute | February 6, 2024Novel HIV vaccine candidate based on Gorilla adenoviral vector (GRAd-HIV) funded by The Bill &…karnottFebruary 6, 2024 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Licenses Gene Therapy Technologies for Retinal Diseases to Iveric BioUMass Chan Medical School | February 5, 2024UMass Chan Medical School licensed the exclusive global rights to develop and commercialize novel adeno-associated…karnottFebruary 5, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week CAG Repeat Expansions Create Splicing Acceptor Sites and Produce Aberrant Repeat-Containing RNAsAnderson, R., et al. | February 5, 2024Expansions of CAG trinucleotide repeats cause several rare neurodegenerative diseases. The disease-causing repeats are translated…karnottFebruary 5, 2024 Read More
Local News Development of Lupus Biorepository Underway at Lupus Center at UMass ChanUMass Chan Medical School | February 2, 2024Roberto Caricchio, MD, the Myles J. McDonough Chair in Rheumatology, professor of medicine and chief of…karnottFebruary 2, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week HIV-1 Capsids Enter the Fg Phase of Nuclear Pores like a Transport ReceptorFu, L., et al. | February 2, 2024HIV-1 infection requires nuclear entry of the viral genome. Previous evidence suggests that this entry…karnottFebruary 2, 2024 Read More
Local News Scientists Will Test a Cancer-Hunting mRNA TreatmentWired | February 1, 2024As the first vaccines for Covid-19 rolled out at the end of 2020, messenger RNA…karnottFebruary 1, 2024 Read More