Awards Three Tufts Faculty Elected to World’s Largest Scientific SocietyTufts Now | April 16, 2025Three Tufts faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement…karnottApril 16, 2025 Read More
Local News The Thalamus: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Neurodevelopmental DisordersBoston Children’s Hospital | April 16, 2025Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, PhD, cared for a 20-year-old woman…karnottApril 16, 2025 Read More
Awards Anastasia Khvorova Receives 2025 Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical ResearchUMass Chan Medical School | April 15, 2025UMass Chan Medical School RNA biologist and chemist Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, has received the 2025…karnottApril 15, 2025 Read More
Awards David Liu Receives Breakthrough Prize in Life SciencesBroad Institute | April 15, 2025Gene 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 ResponseHe, X., et al. | April 15, 2025Vitamin 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 CostsBroad Institute | April 14, 2025Spatial 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-1Harvard Medical School | April 14, 2025The 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 TumorsMIT News | April 14, 2025Polymer-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 SociabilityMIT News | April 11, 2025Immune 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 ArbovirusFan, X., et al. | April 11, 2025Western equine encephalitis virus (WEEV) is an arbovirus that historically caused large outbreaks of encephalitis…karnottApril 11, 2025 Read More