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
Local News ‘Faster Protection with Less Material’ The Harvard Gazette | April 15, 2020 Uli von Andrian is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Immunopathology at Harvard Medical School and Program Leader of Basic…sciencecityApril 15, 2020 Read More
Local News The (Evolutionary) Success Story of ABC Transporters Harvard University | April 15, 2020 Molecular machines underlie the vast diversity of the living world and are the result of…sciencecityApril 15, 2020 Read More
Local News BIDMC Enrolling Patients in Clinical Trials Evaluating Existing Drug as Treatment for Severe COVID-19 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | April 14, 2020 Physician-scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, are…sciencecityApril 14, 2020 Read More
Local News Through the Storm Harvard Medical School | April 14, 2020 On experiment days in the age of physical distancing, postdoctoral fellow Conor McMahon walks an hour each…sciencecityApril 14, 2020 Read More
Local News Researchers Achieve Remote Control of Hormone Release MIT News | April 14, 2020 Abnormal levels of stress hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol are linked to a variety…sciencecityApril 14, 2020 Read More
Local News Geneticists Come Together to Ask: Why Do Some People Have Worse COVID-19 Symptoms Than Others? Broad Institute | April 14, 2020 Even early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, it quickly became clear that some people, like…sciencecityApril 14, 2020 Read More
Local News Evolution Can Quickly Change Cells’ Deepest Foundations Harvard University | April 13, 2020 Fumasoni and Murray show how evolution can quickly and reproducibly change conserved features involved in…sciencecityApril 13, 2020 Read More
Local News Making Headway on COVID-19 Research BU School of Medicine | April 13, 2020 First things first: in order to take out an enemy, you’ve got to be able…sciencecityApril 13, 2020 Read More