Local News Antibiotic Novobiocin Found to Kill Tumor Cells with DNA-Repair GlitchDana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 22, 2021An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and…pthomsonJune 22, 2021 Read More
Local News Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Jessica SpinelliWhitehead Institute | June 22, 2021Jessica Spinelli is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member David Sabatini’s lab studying how mitochondria…pthomsonJune 22, 2021 Read More
Local News New Study Uncovers Details Behind the Body’s Response to StressMcLean Hospital | June 22, 2021The biological mechanisms behind stress-related psychiatric conditions, including major depressive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),…pthomsonJune 22, 2021 Read More
Local News Manpower and Manholes: Alm Lab Joins Fight against COVID-19MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics & Therapeutics | June 22, 2021The laboratory of CMIT Co-Director Dr. Eric Alm has a long history of applying microbiome…pthomsonJune 22, 2021 Read More
Local News Uncovering the Mysteries of MilkMIT News | June 21, 2021Sarah Nyquist got her first introduction to biology during high school, when she took an…pthomsonJune 21, 2021 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Gene Responsible for Increased Risk of Infantile FragilityBoston University School of Medicine | June 21, 2021An intrauterine fracture is a rare finding during routine prenatal imaging. This condition can be…pthomsonJune 21, 2021 Read More
Local News Alzheimer’s And Brain Awareness Month 2021: Spotlighting Mass General Alzheimer’s ResearchersMass General Research Institute | June 21, 2021According to the Alzheimer’s Association, more than 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease (AD).…pthomsonJune 21, 2021 Read More
Local News Single-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Generates Robust Immune Responses against COVID-19 VariantsRagon Institute | June 18, 2021In the three months since Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from…sciencecityJune 18, 2021 Read More
Local News UMMS Research Identifies Potential Antiviral Compound For COVID-19, Flu, Other Viral InfectionUMass Med News | June 18, 2021UMass Medical School scientists Katherine A. Fitzgerald, PhD; Fiachra Humphries, PhD; and Liraz Galia, PhD,…sciencecityJune 18, 2021 Read More
Local News Queen of HeartsMIT News | June 17, 2021Amphibians and humans differ in many ways, but Laurie Boyer, a professor of biology and…sciencecityJune 17, 2021 Read More