Local News A Key Process in Asymmetric Cell Division Preserves the Immortality of the Germline Whitehead Institute | August 2, 2022 During cell division, chromosomes are replicated into two copies — one for each daughter cell.…pthomsonAugust 2, 2022 Read More
Local News Hoekstra Lab Identifies Chromosomal Inversion That Helps Deer Mice Adapt to Their Environment Harvard University Molecular and Cellular Biology | August 2, 2022 Forest-dwelling deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) can be distinguished from their prairie-roaming counterparts by their longer…pthomsonAugust 2, 2022 Read More
Local News Different Classes of IgG antibodies Offer Varied Levels of Protection against HIV Transmission Ragon Institute | July 29, 2022 Immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) antibodies are produced by the immune system after exposure to HIV. There…pthomsonJuly 29, 2022 Read More
Local News New UMass Chan Research Identifies Common Antigens among Human Coronaviruses UMass Chan Medical School | July 28, 2022 A new paper from the laboratory of Lawrence Stern, PhD, indicates that some of the…pthomsonJuly 28, 2022 Read More
Local News New Technology Creates a Multi-Color Molecular Movie Massachusetts General Hospital | July 28, 2022 Many technologies have been developed with the goal of analyzing living systems in action at…pthomsonJuly 28, 2022 Read More
Local News An Alzheimer’s-Defying Brain Offer Clues to Treatment and Prevention of Dementia Massachusetts General Hospital | July 28, 2022 Aliria Rosa Piedrahita de Villegas should have developed Alzheimer’s disease in her 40s and died…pthomsonJuly 28, 2022 Read More
Local News Turning the Tables: How Some Melanomas Exploit the Immune Response for Their Own Survival Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 27, 2022 Like a fugitive from justice, cancer cells stake their survival on their ability to remain…pthomsonJuly 27, 2022 Read More
Local News Bacterial Bullseye Harvard Medical School | July 27, 2022 From immunity to metabolism to mental health, it seems like the gut microbiome has been…pthomsonJuly 27, 2022 Read More
Local News Reversing Hearing Loss with Regenerative Therapy Slice of MIT | July 27, 2022 Most of us know someone affected by hearing loss, but we may not fully appreciate…pthomsonJuly 27, 2022 Read More
Local News Detecting Brain Cancer Harvard Medical School | July 27, 2022 Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital who previously developed a blood test…pthomsonJuly 27, 2022 Read More