Local News Liver-Chip Identifies Distinct Drug Toxicities in Human, Rat, and Dog Models Wyss Institute | November 12, 2019 Among the numerous microengineered Organ-on-a-Chip (Organ Chip) models developed at Harvard’s Wyss Institute, the Liver…sciencecityNovember 12, 2019 Read More
Local News Sigilon Therapeutics to Present Preclinical Data Showing Six Months Durability for Cell Therapies in Rare Blood Disorders Business Wire | November 8, 2019 -Sigilon Therapeutics announced today that it will present data at the American Society of Hematology Annual…sciencecityNovember 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Boosting Host Immune Defenses to Treat Tuberculosis Boston Children's Hospital | November 8, 2019 Current treatment regimens for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis, are long, complex, and hard…sciencecityNovember 8, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Inducible Histone K-to-M Mutations Are Dynamic Tools to Probe the Physiological Role of Site-Specific Histone Methylation In Vitro and In Vivo Brumbaugh, J., et al. | November 8, 2019 Development and differentiation are associated with profound changes to histone modifications, yet their in vivo…sciencecityNovember 8, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week A Generalized HIV Vaccine Design Strategy for Priming of Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Responses Steichen, J., M., et al. | November 7, 2019 Vaccine induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major…sciencecityNovember 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Unlocking Antibody Diversity: Chromatin Loops, V(D)J Recombination, and Class Switching Boston Children's Hospital | November 7, 2019 A new study from the laboratory of Frederick Alt, PhD, of the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine (PCMM) at…sciencecityNovember 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Nanoparticle Orientation Offers a Way to Enhance Drug Delivery MIT News | November 7, 2019 MIT engineers have shown that they can enhance the performance of drug-delivery nanoparticles by controlling…sciencecityNovember 7, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Questioning Facebook’s Foray into Preventive Health Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | November 6, 2019 A new health care feature from Facebook called “Preventive Health” is aimed at encouraging users…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More
Local News Combination Gene Therapy Treats Multiple Age-Related Diseases Harvard Gazette | November 6, 2019 As people age, they tend to develop diseases such as heart failure, kidney failure, diabetes,…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More
Local News 3 Questions: How to Control Biofilms in Space MIT News | November 6, 2019 Researchers from MIT will be collaborating with colleagues at the University of Colorado at Boulder…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More