Publications of the Week Regulated GATA1 Expression as a Universal Gene Therapy for Diamond-Blackfan Anemia Voit, R., et al. | November 20, 2024 This week, we profile a recent publication in Cell Stem Cell by Dr. Vijay Sankaran…karnottNovember 20, 2024 Read More
Local News When Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons to Grow, a New Study Shows MIT News | November 20, 2024 There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles…karnottNovember 20, 2024 Read More
Awards Can We Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias? The Brink | November 19, 2024 Recent new drugs for treating Alzheimer’s disease have been heralded as breakthroughs—with the potential to…karnottNovember 19, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 Kilachand Fund Awards Boost Projects Building Antivirus Platform, Improving Brain Imaging, and Fighting Antibiotic Resistance The Brink | November 19, 2024 Messenger RNA (or mRNA) vaccines showed their potential as critical virus response tools during the…karnottNovember 19, 2024 Read More
Local News Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims Harvard Medical School | November 19, 2024 A new genetic study demands reexamination of the identities of, and relationships among, some of…karnottNovember 19, 2024 Read More
Local News Sauer & Davis Lab News Brief: Structures of Molecular Woodchippers Reveal Mechanism for Versatility MIT Biology | November 18, 2024 Degradation is a crucial process for maintaining protein homeostasis by culling excess or damaged proteins…karnottNovember 18, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Somatic Mosaicism in Schizophrenia Brains Reveals Prenatal Mutational Processes Maury, E., et al. | November 18, 2024 Somatic mutations during brain development have been associated with several neurological disorders. Maury et al. performed…karnottNovember 18, 2024 Read More
Awards David Flynn Honored by AAMC Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | November 18, 2024 David Flynn, MS, associate professor in the department of medical sciences & education, has been…karnottNovember 18, 2024 Read More
Local News A Causal Theory for Studying the Cause-and-Effect Relationships of Genes MIT News | November 15, 2024 By studying changes in gene expression, researchers learn how cells function at a molecular level,…karnottNovember 15, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Brca1 Haploinsufficiency Promotes Early Tumor Onset and Epigenetic Alterations in a Mouse Model of Hereditary Breast Cancer Man-Chung Li, C., | November 15, 2024 Germline BRCA1 mutation carriers face a high breast cancer risk; however, the underlying mechanisms for this risk…karnottNovember 15, 2024 Read More