Local News Tiny Brains Grown in 3D-Printed Bioreactor The Picower Institute | April 13, 2021 Scientists from The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT and the Indian Institute…pthomsonApril 13, 2021 Read More
Local News Seeking the Cellular Mechanisms of Disease, With Help From Machine Learning MIT News | April 13, 2021 Caroline Uhler’s research blends machine learning and statistics with biology to better understand gene regulation,…pthomsonApril 13, 2021 Read More
Local News An On-Off Switch for Gene Editing Whitehead Institute | April 12, 2021 Over the past decade, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has revolutionized genetic engineering, allowing scientists…pthomsonApril 12, 2021 Read More
Local News Erik Sontheimer Co-Leading Efforts To Develop Gene Editing Toolkit by NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing Consortium UMass Medical School | April 12, 2021 Six UMass Medical School scientists are among the members of the National Institutes of Health’s…pthomsonApril 12, 2021 Read More
Local News New Maps Link Thousands of Genetic Variants to Disease Genes Broad Institute | April 9, 2021 Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic variants that are associated with a…pthomsonApril 9, 2021 Read More
Local News A Safer Way to Deploy Bacteria as Environmental Sensors MIT News | April 9, 2021 In recent years, scientists have developed many strains of engineered bacteria that can be used…pthomsonApril 9, 2021 Read More
Local News MIT Scientists Launch Future Founders Initiative to Solve Biotech’s ‘Missing Women’ Problem The Boston Globe | April 9, 2021 A group of prominent MIT scientists that formed to address gender inequities in the biotech…pthomsonApril 9, 2021 Read More
Local News A Pain in the Tooth The Harvard Gazette | April 9, 2021 Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function for odontoblasts, the cells…pthomsonApril 9, 2021 Read More
Local News Research Reveals Why Redheads May Have Different Pain Thresholds Massachusetts General Hospital | April 8, 2021 New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides insights on why people…pthomsonApril 8, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week TGF‐β‐Secreting Regulatory B Cells: Unsung Players in Immune Regulation Huai, G., et al. | April 8, 2021 Regulatory B cells contribute to the regulation of immune responses in cancer, autoimmune disorders, allergic…pthomsonApril 8, 2021 Read More