Local News Red Meat Consumption May Promote DNA Damage-Associated Mutations in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 25, 2021 “We have known for some time that consumption of processed meat and red meat is…pthomsonJune 25, 2021 Read More
Local News A ‘Pump’ Gene’s Surprising Role in Early Brain Formation Boston Children's Hospital | June 25, 2021 In polymicrogyria, the cortex of the brain has many irregular, small folds (gyria) and disorganization…pthomsonJune 25, 2021 Read More
Local News Luba Perry on Engineering Vascularized Tissue Wyss Institute | June 25, 2021 When Luba Perry was first exposed to the field of tissue engineering at a job…pthomsonJune 25, 2021 Read More
Local News How the Surfaces of Silicone Breast Implants Affect the Immune System MIT News | June 24, 2021 Every year, about 400,000 people receive silicone breast implants in the United States. According to…pthomsonJune 24, 2021 Read More
Local News An Unexpected Discovery: Inflammatory Proteins May Slow Cognitive Decline in Aging Adults Massachusetts General Hospital | June 24, 2021 Research has previously linked inflammation to Alzheimer’s disease (AD), yet scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital…pthomsonJune 24, 2021 Read More
Local News Course Correction on the Path to Liquid Brain Biopsies Wyss Institute | June 23, 2021 A new collaborative study by David Walt, Ph.D.’s and George Church, Ph.D.’s teams at the Wyss Institute…pthomsonJune 23, 2021 Read More
Local News Antibiotic Novobiocin Found to Kill Tumor Cells with DNA-Repair Glitch Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | June 22, 2021 An 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 Spinelli Whitehead Institute | June 22, 2021 Jessica 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 Stress McLean Hospital | June 22, 2021 The 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-19 MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics & Therapeutics | June 22, 2021 The laboratory of CMIT Co-Director Dr. Eric Alm has a long history of applying microbiome…pthomsonJune 22, 2021 Read More