Awards MCB Honors 2026 Mentorship Awardees for Building a Culture of Support Across All Levels Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | May 6, 2026 The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology has named its 2026 Mentorship Award recipients, recognizing…karnottMay 6, 2026 Read More
Local News An Interview With Caroline Sokol, the Neuroimmune Allergy Researcher Joining the Ragon Faculty Ragon Institute | May 6, 2026 The Ragon is pleased to welcome Caroline Sokol, MD, PhD, as our newest faculty member.…karnottMay 6, 2026 Read More
Awards Three from MIT Named 2026 Goldwater Scholars MIT News | May 5, 2026 Three MIT rising seniors have been selected to receive a 2026 Barry Goldwater Scholarship, including…karnottMay 5, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week Genome-Wide Screening Reveals Producer-Cell Modifications That Improve Virus-Like Particle Production and Delivery Potency Ly, D., et al. | May 5, 2026 Engineered virus-like particles (eVLPs) are promising vehicles for transient delivery of gene editing agents. While…karnottMay 5, 2026 Read More
Local News Hearing Restoration From Gene Therapy for Inherited Deafness Lasts Years, New Trial Results Show Harvard Medical School | May 4, 2026 An experimental gene therapy for a rare form of genetic deafness has successfully restored hearing…karnottMay 4, 2026 Read More
Local News Gene Therapy for Hearing Loss: Tag-Teaming From the Lab to the Clinic Boston Children's Hospital | May 4, 2026 Two-year-old Miles is one of the first patients with hereditary hearing loss to receive gene…karnottMay 4, 2026 Read More
Awards Dana-Farber Faculty Elected as Members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | May 4, 2026 Alan D’Andrea, MD, and Judy Garber, MD, MPH, both of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, have been…karnottMay 4, 2026 Read More
Local News Harnessing the Power of AI to Fight Lyme Disease Tufts Now | May 1, 2026 Tufts University researchers are using AI and machine learning to more quickly identify potential narrow-spectrum…karnottMay 1, 2026 Read More
Local News Mapping ‘Neighborhoods’ in Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors Boston Children’s Hospital | May 1, 2026 The third-most common kind of childhood brain tumor, supratentorial ependymoma, is an aggressive cancer that…karnottMay 1, 2026 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Licenses Gene Therapy for Maple Syrup Urine Disease to Plowshare Therapies UMass Chan Medical School | April 30, 2026 A gene therapy designed by UMass Chan Medical school researchers to correct mutations that cause…karnottApril 30, 2026 Read More