Local News A Drug Treatment for Telomere Diseases? Boston Children’s Hospital | April 23, 2020 For 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 Virus Broad Institute | April 23, 2020 Researchers 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, 2020 Though 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-How Whitehead Institute | April 22, 2020 In 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 Gap WBUR | April 22, 2020 Massachusetts 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 Patients MIT News | April 21, 2020 One 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 Immunotherapy Mass General News | April 21, 2020 A 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 Cells Joslin Diabetes Center | April 20, 2020 In diabetes, tiny clusters of insulin-producing “beta cells” in the pancreas don’t produce enough of…eabramovichApril 20, 2020 Read More
Local News Biogen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Partners HealthCare Launch Consortium to Build and Share a COVID-19 Biobank Broad Institute | April 20, 2020 Biogen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Partners HealthCare today announced a consortium that…eabramovichApril 20, 2020 Read More
Local News With Single Genetic Changes, Drug-Resistant Bacteria Become Even More Dangerous Broad Institute | April 17, 2020 After an outbreak of lethal Klebsiella pneumoniae infections at a hospital in southeast Asia in 2016, it…sciencecityApril 17, 2020 Read More