Local News Using Biomedical Research to Mitigate the Effects of Climate ChangeWhitehead Institute | March 7, 2023Climate change is having many clear, detrimental effects: from more-intense hurricanes, widely rampaging wildfires, and…pthomsonMarch 7, 2023 Read More
Local News New Research Supports Finding Explaining Why Some Patients May Test Positive for COVID-19 Long After RecoveryWhitehead Institute | March 6, 2023SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, seems to have become a permanent presence in our…pthomsonMarch 6, 2023 Read More
Local News How Bacteria Invade the BrainHarvard Medical School | March 6, 2023A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that…pthomsonMarch 6, 2023 Read More
Local News New Purification Method Could Make Protein Drugs CheaperMIT News | March 3, 2023One of the most expensive steps in manufacturing protein drugs such as antibodies or insulin…pthomsonMarch 3, 2023 Read More
Local News BU Researchers Join $100 Million Effort to Fight Future Deadly PathogensThe Brink | March 2, 2023The next pandemic could already be lurking somewhere, and scientists want to make sure the world is…pthomsonMarch 2, 2023 Read More
Local News Researchers Bioengineer an Endocrine Pancreas for Type 1 DiabetesMassachusetts General Hospital | March 2, 2023In people with type 1 diabetes, the body’s immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing β cells…pthomsonMarch 2, 2023 Read More
Local News Immune & InflamedThe Picower Institute | February 28, 2023When Associate Professor Myriam Heiman began studying neuroscience as a postdoc, scientists interested in neurodegenerative diseases had…pthomsonFebruary 28, 2023 Read More
Local News Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Jesse PlattWhitehead Institute | February 28, 2023Jesse Platt is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member Richard Young’s lab studying mechanisms of…pthomsonFebruary 28, 2023 Read More
Local News Several Pre-Existing RSV Lineages Powered the 2022 SurgeBroad Institute | February 27, 2023Late last year, thousands of children across the United States were hospitalized with respiratory syncytial…pthomsonFebruary 27, 2023 Read More
Local News Nerve–Immune Cell Interactions in the Lungs Drive the Development of Allergic AsthmaMassachusetts General Hospital | February 24, 2023Allergic asthma—which is characterized by wheezing and breathing difficulties triggered by inhaled allergens such as pollen,…pthomsonFebruary 24, 2023 Read More