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More than just a sign of illness, mucus is a critical part of our body’s…

Eczema, or atopic dermatitis (AD), is sometimes called “the itch that rashes.” Often, the itch…

Matthew Vander Heiden, an MIT professor of biology and a pioneer in the field of…

Thousands of different bacterial species live within the human gut. Most are beneficial, while others…

Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University…

Harvard University researchers have identified the biological mechanism by which chronic stress impairs hair follicle…

Small-molecule therapeutics treat a wide variety of diseases, but their effectiveness is often diminished because…

Lucy Kim, an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts and a Faculty Affiliate at the BU Center…

MIT neuroscientists have identified a brain circuit that stops mice from mating with others that…

Shannon Nangle and Marika Ziesack are the co-founders of Circe, a soon-to-be spinout of the…