Local News A Scientist Devotes Her Career to Tackling Inequity in GenomicsBroad Institute | July 12, 2023The small prairie town of Cottonwood, Idaho might be the last place in the world…pthomsonJuly 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Gut Microbiome of Pets Reveals Insights for Human HealthHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | July 12, 2023Curtis Huttenhower, professor of computational biology and bioinformatics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…pthomsonJuly 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Produce Prescription Programs for Patients With Diabetes Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs, Study ShowsTufts Now | July 11, 2023An apple a day not only keeps the doctor away, it also could save the…pthomsonJuly 11, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Andrea Reboldi Awarded Burroughs Wellcome Fund GrantUMass Chan Medical School | July 11, 2023Andrea Reboldi, PhD, associate professor of pathology, is one of eight recipients of the Investigators…pthomsonJuly 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Keap1 Mutation Renders Lung Adenocarcinomas Dependent on Slc33a1Romero, R., et al. | June 19, 2020Approximately 20–30% of human lung adenocarcinomas (LUADs) harbor mutations in Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 (KEAP1)…eabramovichJune 19, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Previremic Identification of Ebola or Marburg Virus Infection Using Integrated Host-Transcriptome and Viral Genome DetectionSperanza, E., et al. | June 18, 2020Outbreaks of filoviruses, such as those caused by the Ebola (EBOV) and Marburg (MARV) virus,…eabramovichJune 18, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Maternal H3K27me3-Dependent Autosomal and X Chromosome ImprintingChen, Z., & Zhang, Y. | June 12, 2020Genomic imprinting and X-chromosome inactivation (XCI) are classic epigenetic phenomena that involve transcriptional silencing of…eabramovichJune 12, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week The Perlman Syndrome DIS3L2 Exoribonuclease Safeguards Endoplasmic Reticulum-Targeted mRNA Translation and Calcium Ion HomeostasisPirouz, M., et al. | June 9, 2020DIS3L2-mediated decay (DMD) is a surveillance pathway for certain non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) including ribosomal RNAs…eabramovichJune 9, 2020 Read More
Local News Cancer Dependency Map Consortium Accelerates Research into Tumor VulnerabilitiesBroad Institute | January 25, 2023The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard's Cancer Dependency Map Consortium, an academic-industrial partnership program that was…pthomsonJanuary 25, 2023 Read More
Local News CRISPR-Based Strategy Restores Neurons Affected by Rett SyndromeWhitehead Institute | January 25, 2023Rett syndrome is a rare, progressive neurodevelopmental disorder that typically affects girls, causing severe intellectual…pthomsonJanuary 25, 2023 Read More
Local News Finding HIV’s Hidden Reservoir CellsRagon Institute | January 24, 2023Antiretroviral drugs have transformed the treatment of HIV/AIDS, extending the lives of patients and rendering…pthomsonJanuary 24, 2023 Read More
Local News Fresh Insights into Inflammation, Aging BrainsThe Harvard Gazette | January 24, 2023Results from a new study by Harvard researchers just published in Cell offer insights into…pthomsonJanuary 24, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Irisin Reduces Amyloid-β by Inducing the Release of Neprilysin from Astrocytes Following Downregulation of Erk-STAT3 SignalingKim, E., et al. | September 14, 2023A pathological hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) protein in…pthomsonSeptember 14, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Five MIT Researchers in Teams Shortlisted for Cancer Grand Challenges FundingKoch Institute | September 14, 2023Koch Institute faculty members Michael Birnbaum, Ömer Yilmaz, Brandon DeKosky and Regina Barzilay, along with…pthomsonSeptember 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Study Finds Up-Front Chemotherapy Boost Could Benefit Patients with Non-small Cell Lung CancerDana-Farber Cancer Institute | September 12, 2023In a phase 3 global clinical trial called FLAURA2 led by researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2023 Read More