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
Local News Epigenomic Map Reveals Circuitry of 30,000 Human Disease Regions Broad Institute | February 11, 2021 Twenty years ago this month, the first draft of the human genome was publicly released.…sciencecityFebruary 11, 2021 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Deerfield Management Launch Riverway Discoveries Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | February 11, 2021 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Deerfield Management Company, a healthcare investment management firm focused on advancing healthcare through…sciencecityFebruary 11, 2021 Read More
Local News 3 Questions: Lindsay Case on How Cells Organize and Sense the World MIT | February 10, 2021 Assistant professor of biology Lindsay Case wants to understand the protein complexes called focal adhesions…sciencecityFebruary 10, 2021 Read More