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Tomo Kumon is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Yukiko Yamashita’s lab studying the function…

Every three to five days, all of the cells lining the human intestine are replaced.…

New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has identified 116 genes as key molecular vulnerabilities for…

In what may turn out to be a long-missing piece in the puzzle of breast…

Because serotonin is one of the primary chemicals the brain uses to influence mood and…

How does animal behavior emerge from networks of connected neurons? How are these incredible nervous…

Brain waves carry information. A new “Cytoelectric Coupling” hypothesis posits that fluctuating electric fields optimize…

Many patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experience airway-clogging mucus plugs, an accumulation of…

Our bodies burn carbohydrates, proteins, and fat for fuel, and now, researchers at the Broad…

A bionic pancreas—a wearable, pocket-sized, automated insulin delivery device—that was first developed in a Boston…