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
Local News How the Body Battles COVID-19 TuftsNow | April 17, 2020 You’ve probably heard that your best defenses against the coronavirus are washing your hands, practicing…sciencecityApril 17, 2020 Read More
Local News Professor Emeritus Arnold Demain, a Pioneer in the Development of Antibiotics, Dies at 92 MIT News | April 16, 2020 Arnold Lester Demain, professor emeritus of biology, passed away on Apr. 3 at the age…sciencecityApril 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Human Immunomics Initiative Will Decode Immune System, Speed New Vaccines Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | April 16, 2020 The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Human Vaccines Project announce the…sciencecityApril 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Massive Study Reveals How “Hypermutated” Malignant Brain Tumors With Many Mutations Escape Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 16, 2020 Cancers whose cells are riddled with large numbers of DNA mutations often respond favorably to…sciencecityApril 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Study of Lipid Metabolism in Neurons May Offer Therapeutic Possibilities for Neurodegenerative Diseases Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | April 15, 2020 Disrupting the production of a class of lipids known as sphingolipids in neurons improved symptoms…sciencecityApril 15, 2020 Read More