Local News The Way Sensory Prediction Changes Under Anesthesia Tells Us How Conscious Cognition WorksThe Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT | October 16, 2024Our brains constantly work to make predictions about what’s going on around us, for instance…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Local News Early Life Stress Shapes Attention Deficits in Male (But Not Female) MiceHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 16, 2024In a new study published in Science Translational Medicine (PDF), the Hensch Lab shares evidence…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Whitehead Fellow Dr. Aditya Raguram Receives a National Institutes of Health Early Independence AwardWhitehead Institute | October 16, 2024Whitehead Fellow Aditya Raguram has received a 2024 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award. The prestigious funding…karnottOctober 16, 2024 Read More
Local News One Scientist’s Unexpected Journey from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts General HospitalBench Press | October 15, 2024Dr. Garcia-Beltran was born and raised in Puerto Rico, a beautiful tropical island in the…karnottOctober 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Cancer Biologists Discover a New Mechanism for an Old DrugMIT News | October 15, 2024Since the 1950s, a chemotherapy drug known as 5-fluorouracil has been used to treat many…karnottOctober 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Largest-Ever Genetic Study of Epilepsy Finds Possible Therapeutic TargetsBroad Institute | October 14, 2024The largest and most diverse study to date of epilepsy’s genetic factors has revealed new…karnottOctober 14, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week CRISPR-Based Rapid Molecular Diagnostic Tests for Fusion-Driven LeukemiasVedula, R., et al. | October 14, 2024Fusion oncogenes can be cancer-defining molecular alterations that are essential for diagnosis and therapy selection.1,2…karnottOctober 14, 2024 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Cancer Biologist Receives New Innovator Award for Developing DNA Sequencing TechnologyUMass Chan Medical School | October 14, 2024The development of a new technique for building databases that track sequencing of DNA damage…karnottOctober 14, 2024 Read More
Awards BU Biomedical Engineer Wins a 2024 National Institutes of Health Director’s Transformative Research AwardThe Brink | October 11, 2024Before a new car rolls onto the road, engineers measure how it reacts to different…karnottOctober 11, 2024 Read More
Awards Drs. Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun Share Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineMIT News | October 11, 2024MIT alumnus Victor Ambros ’75, PhD ’79 and Gary Ruvkun, who did his postdoctoral training…karnottOctober 11, 2024 Read More