Local News Scientists Are Working on a Face Mask That Detects CoronavirusAllen Institute | April 27, 2020Six years ago, bioengineer James Collins, Ph.D., and a scientist in his lab, Keith Pardee,…eabramovichApril 27, 2020 Read More
Local News Close-Up Views of Tumors Reveal a New Cancer BiologyScientific American | April 27, 2020When Brad Bernstein first looked at cancer tumors cell by cell in 2014, what he…eabramovichApril 27, 2020 Read More
Local News A Drug Treatment for Telomere Diseases?Boston Children’s Hospital | April 23, 2020For years, Donna Martin carried a piece of scrap paper with the words “dyskeratosis congenita,”…eabramovichApril 23, 2020 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Cells Likely Targeted by COVID-19 VirusBroad Institute | April 23, 2020Researchers at MIT; the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard; and the Broad Institute…eabramovichApril 23, 2020 Read More
Local News How Could COVID-19 and the Body’s Immune Response Affect the Brain?MIT Picower Institute | April 23, 2020Though the most immediately threatening symptoms of Covid-19 are respiratory, neuroscientists are intently studying the…eabramovichApril 23, 2020 Read More
Local News Harnessing the Moonseed Plant’s Chemical Know-HowWhitehead Institute | April 22, 2020In overgrown areas from Canada to China, a lush, woody vine with crescent-shaped seeds holds…eabramovichApril 22, 2020 Read More
Local News Academic Labs Pivot To Fill Coronavirus Testing GapWBUR | April 22, 2020Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker likes to point out that the state ranks fourth in the…eabramovichApril 22, 2020 Read More
Local News Proteins May Halt the Severe Cytokine Storms Seen in COVID-19 PatientsMIT News | April 21, 2020One of the defining features of Covid-19 is the excessive immune response that can occur…eabramovichApril 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Mass General Researchers Uncover Biomarkers that Could Lead to More Patients Getting ImmunotherapyMass General News | April 21, 2020A breakthrough class of cancer treatments – immunotherapies – may become available to a wider…eabramovichApril 21, 2020 Read More
Local News Small Rises in Blood Glucose Trigger Big Changes in Insulin-Producing CellsJoslin Diabetes Center | April 20, 2020In diabetes, tiny clusters of insulin-producing “beta cells” in the pancreas don’t produce enough of…eabramovichApril 20, 2020 Read More