Local News Ragon Faculty Study Finds Combination of Two Drugs Increases the Vulnerability of HIV-1 Reservoir Cells to the Immune System.Ragon Institute | March 7, 2024Ragon faculty Mathias Lichterfeld, MD, PhD, and Xu Yu, MD, have co-authored a paper published…karnottMarch 7, 2024 Read More
Local News Developing Liquid Biopsies to Detect Cancer | March 6, 2024Cancer patients who undergo surgery are often left with a frightening question: Did the surgeons…karnottMarch 6, 2024 Read More
Awards 2024 Toffler ScholarBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | March 6, 2024Ignaty Leshchiner, PhD, assistant professor of medicine, is the 2024 Toffler Assistant Professor. The Toffler…karnottMarch 6, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week SOX17 Enables Immune Evasion of Early Colorectal Adenomas and CancersGoto, N., et al. | March 6, 2024A hallmark of cancer is the avoidance of immune destruction. This process has been primarily…karnottMarch 6, 2024 Read More
Awards Drs. David Felson and Tuhina Neogi Awarded NIH Grant to Further the Understanding of OsteoarthritisBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | March 5, 2024David T. Felson, MD, MPH and Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD professors of medicine at Boston…karnottMarch 5, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Genetic Drivers of Heterogeneity in Type 2 Diabetes PathophysiologySuzuki, K., et al. | March 4, 2024Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a heterogeneous disease that develops through diverse pathophysiological processes1,2 and…karnottMarch 4, 2024 Read More
Awards Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, Awarded $2.9 Million to Better Understand PneumoniaBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | March 4, 2024Joseph P. Mizgerd, ScD, the Jerome S. Brody, MD, Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, and director…karnottMarch 4, 2024 Read More
Local News Understanding the Connection Between the Gut Microbiome and Alzheimer’sUMass Chan Medical School | March 1, 2024In a new Voices of UMass Chan podcast, physician-scientist John P. Haran, MD’07, PhD’18, and…karnottMarch 1, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Distinct Negative Elongation Factor Conformations Regulate RNA Polymerase II Promoter-Proximal PausingSu, B., et al. | March 1, 2024Metazoan gene expression regulation involves pausing of RNA polymerase (Pol II) in the promoter-proximal region…karnottMarch 1, 2024 Read More
Awards Interdisciplinary and Inter-Institutional Partnership Studying Neurodegenerative Diseases Wins Support from Chan Zuckerberg InitiativeHarvard MCB | February 29, 2024Work from the lab of Jeeyun Chung, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, on…karnottFebruary 29, 2024 Read More