Local News New Insight into Antibody-Induced Protective Immunity to COVID-19 The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard | February 18, 2021 While PCR testing has been used widely for COVID-19 diagnosis, it only provides information on…sciencecityFebruary 18, 2021 Read More
Local News COVID-19 Can Affect the Blood. Its Spike Protein May be the Culprit Northeastern University | February 17, 2021 Early on in the pandemic, Lee Makowski read an article about the condition of people’s bodies after…sciencecityFebruary 17, 2021 Read More
Local News New Immunotherapy Target Discovered for Malignant Brain Tumors Dana-Farber | February 17, 2021 Scientists say they have discovered a potential new target for immunotherapy of malignant brain tumors,…sciencecityFebruary 17, 2021 Read More
Local News Cassandra Extavour and Fanuel Muindi Among “1000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America” Harvard University | February 16, 2021 MCB and OEB faculty Cassandra Extavour, MCO Assistant Director Fanuel Muindi, and 998 other Black…sciencecityFebruary 16, 2021 Read More
Local News The Science of Siestas: New Research Reveals the Genetic Basis for Daytime Napping Massachusetts General Hospital | February 16, 2021 How often a person takes daytime naps, if at all, is partly regulated by their…sciencecityFebruary 16, 2021 Read More
Local News New Hope for Controlling HIV Proto | February 15, 2021 Over the past decades, scientists have largely learned how to control HIV infection, which affects…sciencecityFebruary 15, 2021 Read More
Local News Exhaled Respiratory Droplets Increase in Number with the Onset of COVID-19 Infection — And with Aging and Obesity Massachusetts General Hospital | February 15, 2021 Superspreading events have distinguished the COVID-19 pandemic from the early outbreak of the disease. Now,…sciencecityFebruary 15, 2021 Read More
Local News Tumor-Suppressor Protein Dynamics Drive Cellular Radiation Survival Harvard Medical School | February 12, 2021 Exposure to radiation can wreak indiscriminate havoc on cells, tissues, and organs. Curiously, however, some…sciencecityFebruary 12, 2021 Read More
Local News First Patient Dosed in Clinical Trial of Gene Therapy for Tay-Sachs and Sandhoff Diseases UMass Medical School | February 12, 2021 Sio Gene Therapies, a company focused on developing gene therapies to radically transform the lives…sciencecityFebruary 12, 2021 Read More
Local News How the Brain Helps Us Remember What We’ve Seen MIT | February 11, 2021 Ask anyone, from an NFL quarterback scanning the field for open receivers to an air…sciencecityFebruary 11, 2021 Read More