Local News Listening In to How Proteins Talk and Learning Their LanguageWyss Institute | October 22, 2019Synthetic biologists have taken evolution of proteins into their own hands by changing some that…sciencecityOctober 22, 2019 Read More
Local News New CRISPR Genome Editing System Offers a Wide Range of Versatility in Human CellsBroad Institute | October 22, 2019A team from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has developed a new CRISPR…sciencecityOctober 22, 2019 Read More
Local News A Homeostatic Circuit for Hunger [Engert and Kunes Labs]Harvard University MCB | October 21, 2019Decades ago, pioneering studies in cats and rodents identified regions within an ancient part of…sciencecityOctober 21, 2019 Read More
Local News Whole Genome Sequencing Could Help Save Pumas from InbreedingEureka Alert | October 21, 2019When students at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) found a dead mule deer…sciencecityOctober 21, 2019 Read More
Local News A Better Way to Screen Cats for Heart DiseaseTuftsNow | October 21, 2019Cats are very good at hiding their health problems, a survival instinct from their wild…sciencecityOctober 21, 2019 Read More
Local News Artificial Pancreas System Better Controls Blood Glucose Levels than Current TechnologyJoslin Diabetes Center | October 18, 2019A multi-center randomized clinical trial evaluating a new artificial pancreas system — which automatically monitors…sciencecityOctober 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Cause of Drug Resistance in a Type of Intestinal Tumors IdentifiedDana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 18, 2019Most cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), a type of soft-tissue cancer (sarcoma), are caused…sciencecityOctober 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Scientists Pinpoint Neural Activity’s Role in Human LongevityHarvard Gazette | October 18, 2019The brain’s neural activity — long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy —…sciencecityOctober 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Jerry Gurwitz to Lead Research Evaluating Alzheimer’s Disease TreatmentsUMass Med Now | October 17, 2019UMass Medical School received a $365,000 grant to collaborate with the Institute for Clinical and Economic…sciencecityOctober 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Glowing Particles in the Blood May Help Diagnose and Monitor Brain CancerMass General News | October 17, 2019A chemical that has improved surgeries for brain cancer by making tumor cells fluorescent may…sciencecityOctober 17, 2019 Read More