Local News Turning Muscle into a Protein Factory for Gene Therapy TreatmentsUMass Chan Medical School | August 4, 2022In a new study, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and UMass Chan Medical…pthomsonAugust 4, 2022 Read More
Local News Eliminating Racial Barriers in Genetic Testing: Dana-Farber Receives Innovative Pancreatic Cancer Research GrantsDana-Farber Cancer Institute | August 4, 2022The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), a leading nonprofit in the fight against pancreatic cancer,…pthomsonAugust 4, 2022 Read More
Local News Scaling Up Cell ImagingBroad Institute | August 3, 2022Scientists have learned a lot about human biology by looking at cells under a microscope,…pthomsonAugust 3, 2022 Read More
Local News Editas’ Novel Sickle Cell Therapeutic Shows Early PromiseBioSpace | August 2, 2022Only weeks after announcing a new chief executive officer and chief medical officer, Editas Medicine reported promising early data for…pthomsonAugust 2, 2022 Read More
Local News A Key Process in Asymmetric Cell Division Preserves the Immortality of the GermlineWhitehead Institute | August 2, 2022During cell division, chromosomes are replicated into two copies — one for each daughter cell.…pthomsonAugust 2, 2022 Read More
Local News Hoekstra Lab Identifies Chromosomal Inversion That Helps Deer Mice Adapt to Their EnvironmentHarvard University Molecular and Cellular Biology | August 2, 2022Forest-dwelling deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) can be distinguished from their prairie-roaming counterparts by their longer…pthomsonAugust 2, 2022 Read More
Local News Different Classes of IgG antibodies Offer Varied Levels of Protection against HIV TransmissionRagon Institute | July 29, 2022Immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) antibodies are produced by the immune system after exposure to HIV. There…pthomsonJuly 29, 2022 Read More
Local News New UMass Chan Research Identifies Common Antigens among Human CoronavirusesUMass Chan Medical School | July 28, 2022A new paper from the laboratory of Lawrence Stern, PhD, indicates that some of the…pthomsonJuly 28, 2022 Read More
Local News New Technology Creates a Multi-Color Molecular MovieMassachusetts General Hospital | July 28, 2022Many technologies have been developed with the goal of analyzing living systems in action at…pthomsonJuly 28, 2022 Read More
Local News An Alzheimer’s-Defying Brain Offer Clues to Treatment and Prevention of DementiaMassachusetts General Hospital | July 28, 2022Aliria Rosa Piedrahita de Villegas should have developed Alzheimer’s disease in her 40s and died…pthomsonJuly 28, 2022 Read More