Publications of the Week Cell-Type-Specific Regulation of APOE and CLU Levels in Human Neurons by the Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Gene SORL1 Lee, H., et al. | October 13, 2023 SORL1 is implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) through genetic studies. To interrogate…sciencecityOctober 13, 2023 Read More
Awards BU Researcher Awarded $3.7 Million to Study How Endothelial Cell Health Impacts Disease Boston University | October 13, 2023 Naomi Hamburg, MD, the Joseph A. Vita Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian &…sciencecityOctober 13, 2023 Read More
Local News Ultrasensitive Blood Test Detects ‘Pan-Cancer’ Biomarker Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 13, 2023 Diagnostic tools for timely, accurate and inexpensive early cancer detection that can assess risk or…sciencecityOctober 13, 2023 Read More
Local News A Research Team Searches for Every Gene That Helps Tumors Evade Immunotherapy Broad Institute | October 12, 2023 In 2011, Robert Manguso was working in a cell biology lab when his mother was…sciencecityOctober 12, 2023 Read More
Awards Bradley Bernstein of Dana-Farber Elected to National Academy of Medicine Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 12, 2023 Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD, Chair of Cancer Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has been elected to the…sciencecityOctober 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Research Spotlight: Addressing Crucial Concepts of Mucosal Immunology to Learn More About the Causes of Male Infertility Massachusetts General Hospital | October 12, 2023 Maria Agustina Battistone, PhD, an Investigator in the Department of Nephrology at Massachusetts General Hospital…sciencecityOctober 12, 2023 Read More
Awards Kilachand Fund Awards Go to Crystal Rib Cage and Brain Connection Projects The Brink | October 11, 2023 When infection or disease strikes the lung—cancer, pneumonia, COVID-19—it’s tough for researchers to see what’s…sciencecityOctober 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Atypical Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction Patterns That Indicate Uncommon but Clinically Actionable EGFR Mutations in Lung Cancer Lechner, A., et al. | October 11, 2023 Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) is a sensitive method to detect common pathogenic EGFR…sciencecityOctober 11, 2023 Read More
Local News Shorter Course of Radiation Therapy Is Safe for Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Who Have Undergone Mastectomy and Reconstruction Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 10, 2023 Researchers at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center have found that a shorter course of radiation therapy…sciencecityOctober 10, 2023 Read More
Awards Four McGovern Investigators Receive NIH BRAIN Initiative Grants McGovern Institute | October 10, 2023 In the human brain, 86 billion neurons form more than 100 trillion connections with other…sciencecityOctober 10, 2023 Read More