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
Local News Drug Delivery System Offers Hope for Treating Genetic DiseasesThe Harvard Gazette | February 18, 2022A team of researchers led by Harvard and Broad Institute scientists has developed a new…pthomsonFebruary 18, 2022 Read More
Local News Size Matters in Particle Treatments of Traumatic InjuriesMIT News | February 17, 2022Traumatic injuries are the leading cause of death in the U.S. among people 45 and…pthomsonFebruary 17, 2022 Read More
Local News High-Resolution Probe May Help Unlock Secrets of Brain Function and Neurological DiseasesMassachusetts General Hospital | February 17, 2022How brain cells communicate with one another remains largely cloaked in mystery, but a probe…pthomsonFebruary 17, 2022 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Novel PARP-Like Enzyme in MitochondriaBU School of Medicine | February 17, 2022For the first time, BUSM researchers have identified an ADP-ribosyltransferase enzyme that is active in…pthomsonFebruary 17, 2022 Read More
Local News Biohybrid Fish Made from Human Cardiac Cells Swims Like the Heart BeatsHarvard John A. Paulson School f Engineering and Applied Sciences | February 15, 2022Harvard University researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Emory University, have developed the first fully…pthomsonFebruary 15, 2022 Read More
Local News Leah Williams Published in Communications BiologyBU Biology | February 15, 2022Dr. Leah Williams, who recently received her PhD in the Gilmore Lab in the Cell & Molecular…pthomsonFebruary 15, 2022 Read More
Local News First Gene Therapy for Tay-Sachs Disease Successfully Given to Two ChildrenThe Conversation | February 15, 2022Two babies have received the first-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over 14 years of development.…pthomsonFebruary 15, 2022 Read More
Local News Researchers Devise Sex-Cell Precursors with Staying PowerMassachusetts General Hospital | February 15, 2022Human primordial germ cells (PGCs) are the early precursors of the eggs (oocytes) and sperm…pthomsonFebruary 15, 2022 Read More