Local News Tiny Brains Grown in 3D-Printed BioreactorThe Picower Institute | April 13, 2021Scientists 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 LearningMIT News | April 13, 2021Caroline 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 EditingWhitehead Institute | April 12, 2021Over 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 ConsortiumUMass Medical School | April 12, 2021Six 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 GenesBroad Institute | April 9, 2021Genome-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 SensorsMIT News | April 9, 2021In 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’ ProblemThe Boston Globe | April 9, 2021A 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 ToothThe Harvard Gazette | April 9, 2021Researchers 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 ThresholdsMassachusetts General Hospital | April 8, 2021New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) provides insights on why people…pthomsonApril 8, 2021 Read More
Local News Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Need to Be “Tuned” to the Immune SystemMassachusetts General Hospital | April 8, 2021Scientists are keenly interested in monoclonal antibodies as a class of therapeutics for SARS-CoV-2, the…pthomsonApril 8, 2021 Read More