Local News Novel Biomaterial Prevents Rejection of Transplants for Type 1 Diabetes Massachusetts General Hospital | May 16, 2022 In type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune response attacks the pancreas’s insulin-producing beta cells, leading to…pthomsonMay 16, 2022 Read More
Local News Scents of Belonging: An Olfactory-Oxytocin Pathway for the Social Regulation of Appetite and Avoidance Harvard University School of Molecular and Cellular Biology | May 16, 2022 In a project jointly led by the Kunes and Engert laboratories, co-first authors Caroline Wee, Erin Song, and Maxim Nikitchenko used the…pthomsonMay 16, 2022 Read More
Local News Massive Single-Cell Atlas Across Human Tissues Highlights Cell Types Where Disease Genes Are Active Broad Institute | May 16, 2022 Genetic studies have revealed many genes linked to both common and rare disease, but to…pthomsonMay 16, 2022 Read More
Local News Skin Drug Treatments May Regress Dangerous Birthmarks and Prevent Melanoma Massachusetts General Hospital | May 13, 2022 About one in 20,000 infants is born with what’s called a congenital giant nevus—a huge,…pthomsonMay 13, 2022 Read More
Local News A Genetics Study in Africa Is Helping to Destigmatize Neurodevelopmental Differences in Children Broad Institute | May 13, 2022 Growing up in Nairobi, Kenya, Patricia Kipkemoi spent years watching a young family member struggle…pthomsonMay 13, 2022 Read More
Local News Study Finds Cells Take Out the Trash Before They Divide MIT News | May 13, 2022 MIT researchers have discovered that before cells start to divide, they do a little cleanup,…pthomsonMay 13, 2022 Read More
Local News MassBiologics Research into Preventive Shot for Lyme Disease Continues to Move Forward UMass Chan Medical School | May 12, 2022 A Phase I clinical trial of a preventive Lyme disease shot developed by MassBiologics of…pthomsonMay 12, 2022 Read More
Local News Examining a Lesser-Known Dementia Driver Harvard Medical School | May 12, 2022 If dementia is a general term that means thinking and memory has deteriorated to the point that…pthomsonMay 12, 2022 Read More
Local News Programming Complex Tissue Organizations in 3D Wyss Institute | May 12, 2022 Tissue engineers have developed a variety of approaches to recreate organs and tissues de novo outside the…pthomsonMay 12, 2022 Read More
Local News Graduate Student Spotlight: Kate Shulgina (Eddy Lab) Harvard University | May 12, 2022 Graduate student Kate Shulgina has spent six years in the Eddy Lab developing a computational tool called Codetta that…pthomsonMay 12, 2022 Read More