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
Featured Awards Engitix Receives a Golden Ticket to LabCentral from Takeda to Advance Fibrosis and Solid Tumour Research Business Wire | November 6, 2019 Engitix Ltd (‘Engitix’), a private company focused on drug discovery for fibrosis and solid tumours…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More
Local News New Genomic Regions Linked to Common Vascular Disorder Broad Institute | November 6, 2019 Blood clotting in veins, a disorder called venous thromboembolism (VTE), is a common vascular disease…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More