Local News Population-Based Study Reveals Strong Genetic Links with Multiple Cardiometabolic Diseases and TraitsBroad Institute | February 24, 2022The UK Biobank, a large-scale database of genetic and health information from half a million…pthomsonFebruary 24, 2022 Read More
Local News How the Flagellar Motor Signals a Surface EncounterHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 23, 2022Last week, PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) (PDF) posted a paper co-authored by the late MCB…pthomsonFebruary 23, 2022 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify a Promising Drug for Treating Serious COVID-19 Complication in ChildrenBrigham and Women's Hospital | February 23, 2022Scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) have identified a…pthomsonFebruary 23, 2022 Read More
Local News Meselson Lab Publishes Evidence of Sexual Reproduction in Bdelloid RotifersHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | February 22, 2022Why most eukaryotes reproduce sexually has long been a major problem in evolutionary biology. After…pthomsonFebruary 22, 2022 Read More
Local News Protein Structure Offers Clues to Drug-Resistance MechanismMIT News | February 22, 2022MIT chemists have discovered the structure of a protein that can pump toxic molecules out…pthomsonFebruary 22, 2022 Read More
Local News Alkem Licenses Technology from Harvard University, Aiming to Treat Ischemic Injury and Vascular DiseasesWyss Institute | February 21, 2022Alkem Laboratories Limited (Alkem), an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company, has signed a license agreement with…pthomsonFebruary 21, 2022 Read More
Local News Dendrites May Help Neurons Perform Complicated CalculationsMIT News | February 18, 2022Within the human brain, neurons perform complex calculations on information they receive. Researchers at MIT…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Launches Translational Institute for Molecular TherapeuticsUMass Chan Medical School | February 18, 2022UMass Chan Medical School has established the Translational Institute for Molecular Therapeutics, ushering in the next…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Local News A New “Atlas” of Cells That Carry Blood to the BrainThe Picower Institute | February 18, 2022Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Local News Sometimes Science Takes a VillageWhitehead Institute | February 18, 2022Alexandra Navarro, a graduate student in Whitehead Institute Member Iain Cheeseman’s lab, was studying the…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More