Local News Biologists Identify Targets for New Pancreatic Cancer Treatments MIT News | May 15, 2025 Researchers from MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered that a class of peptides expressed…sciencecityMay 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Differential Aortic Aneurysm Formation Provoked by Chemogenetic Oxidative Stress Das, A., et al. | May 15, 2025 Aortic aneurysms are potentially fatal focal enlargements of the aortic lumen; the disease burden is…karnottMay 15, 2025 Read More
Awards Pulmonologist Darrell Kotton Is BU’s Innovator of the Year The Brink | May 14, 2025 Darrell Kotton and his team imagine a future where they can use a patient’s own…karnottMay 14, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week LINE-1 ORF1p Mimics Viral Innate Immune Evasion Mechanisms in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma You, E., et al. | May 14, 2025 Repeat element viral mimicry is a common feature in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) that requires…karnottMay 14, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Context-Specific Polycomb Mechanisms in Development Kim, J. J., et al. | June 15, 2022 Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are crucial chromatin regulators that maintain repression of lineage-inappropriate genes and…pthomsonJune 15, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Immunosuppression Broadens Evolutionary Pathways to Drug Resistance and Treatment Failure During Acinetobacter baumannii Pneumonia in Mice Huo, W., et al. | June 9, 2022 Acinetobacter baumannii is increasingly refractory to antibiotic treatment in healthcare settings. As is true of most…pthomsonJune 9, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Evolution of Immune Landscape During Glioblastoma Progression Yeo, A. T., et al. | June 8, 2022 Glioblastoma (GBM) is an incurable primary malignant brain cancer hallmarked with a substantial protumorigenic immune…pthomsonJune 8, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Intracellular Sensing of DNA in Autoinflammation and Autoimmunity MacLauchlan, S., et al. | June 3, 2022 DNA has emerged as a Pathogen Associated Molecular Pattern (PAMP), posing unique challenges in the…pthomsonJune 3, 2022 Read More
Local News NYBC Ventures Announces Formation of Board of Managers Globe Newswire | October 24, 2024 NYBC Ventures, a specialized fund focused on investments in blood and cellular technologies, announced today…karnottOctober 24, 2024 Read More
Local News Bat Cells Possess a Unique Antiviral Mechanism, Preventing the SARS-CoV-2 Virus from Taking Control Whitehead Institute | October 23, 2024 Viruses are masters of stealth. From the moment a virus enters the host’s body, it…karnottOctober 23, 2024 Read More
Local News A New Method Makes High-Resolution Imaging More Accessible MIT News | October 23, 2024 A classical way to image nanoscale structures in cells is with high-powered, expensive super-resolution microscopes.…karnottOctober 23, 2024 Read More
Local News #WhyIScience Q&A: A Microbiologist and Immunologist Finds Links Between Our Own Microbes and Disease Mechanisms Broad Institute | October 22, 2024 Though his focus shifted over time, being a scientist was always the plan for Eric…karnottOctober 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Science in 60—Gayathri Muthukumar Whitehead Institute | July 16, 2025 Mitochondria generate energy that powers chemical reactions within cells, but they also play other…karnottJuly 16, 2025 Read More
Awards Dorothy Schafer, Travis Thomson Receive Riccio Fund Neuroscience Award UMass Chan Medical School | July 15, 2025 Two UMass Chan Medical School scientists are sharing an award of $50,000 to support groundbreaking,…karnottJuly 15, 2025 Read More
Local News Forging a Novel Therapeutic Path for Patients With Rett Syndrome Using AI Wyss Institute | July 15, 2025 Rett syndrome is a devastating, rare genetic childhood disorder primarily affecting girls. Merely 1 out…karnottJuly 15, 2025 Read More