Local News The Thalamus: A Potential Therapeutic Target for Neurodevelopmental DisordersBoston Children’s Hospital | April 16, 2025Years ago, as a neurology resident, Chinfei Chen, MD, PhD, cared for a 20-year-old woman…karnottApril 16, 2025 Read More
Awards Anastasia Khvorova Receives 2025 Else Kröner Fresenius Prize for Medical ResearchUMass Chan Medical School | April 15, 2025UMass Chan Medical School RNA biologist and chemist Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, has received the 2025…karnottApril 15, 2025 Read More
Awards David Liu Receives Breakthrough Prize in Life SciencesBroad Institute | April 15, 2025Gene editing pioneer David Liu, a core member at the Broad Institute where he is…karnottApril 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Lysine Vitcylation Is a Vitamin C-Derived Protein Modification That Enhances STAT1-Mediated Immune ResponseHe, X., et al. | April 15, 2025Vitamin C (vitC) is essential for health and shows promise in treating diseases like cancer,…karnottApril 15, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Cephalopod-Inspired Jetting Devices for Gastrointestinal Drug DeliveryArrick, G., et al. | November 25, 2024Needle-based injections currently enable the administration of a wide range of biomacromolecule therapies across the…karnottNovember 25, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Regulated GATA1 Expression as a Universal Gene Therapy for Diamond-Blackfan AnemiaVoit, R., et al. | November 20, 2024This week, we profile a recent publication in Cell Stem Cell by Dr. Vijay Sankaran…karnottNovember 20, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Somatic Mosaicism in Schizophrenia Brains Reveals Prenatal Mutational ProcessesMaury, E., et al. | November 18, 2024Somatic mutations during brain development have been associated with several neurological disorders. Maury et al. performed…karnottNovember 18, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Brca1 Haploinsufficiency Promotes Early Tumor Onset and Epigenetic Alterations in a Mouse Model of Hereditary Breast CancerMan-Chung Li, C., | November 15, 2024Germline BRCA1 mutation carriers face a high breast cancer risk; however, the underlying mechanisms for this risk…karnottNovember 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Are We on the Cusp of a Major Bird Flu Outbreak?Harvard Medical School | March 17, 2025Bird flu, or H5N1 avian influenza, has been circulating across North America since 2022, infecting…karnottMarch 17, 2025 Read More
Local News UMass Chan-Led Study Finds Regularly Updating Cognitive Data Improves Ability To Predict Alzheimer’s DiseaseUMass Chan Medical School | March 14, 2025In a study led by Honghuang Lin, PhD, professor of medicine and co-director of the…karnottMarch 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Effect of Arginine on P. gingivalis Could Guide Further Knowledge of Periodontitis Based on ADA Forsyth ResearchADA Forsyth | March 14, 2025One of the most notorious pathogens on the radars of dentists and periodontists is Porphyromonas…karnottMarch 14, 2025 Read More
Local News Microplastics Could Be Fueling Antibiotic Resistance, BU Study FindsThe Brink | March 14, 2025Microplastics—tiny shards of plastic debris—are all over the planet. They have made their way up…karnottMarch 14, 2025 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump Plan Would Limit Research Used to Protect Public HealthHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | November 19, 2019A new proposal from the Trump Administration would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from…sciencecityNovember 19, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Why NIH Is Beefing Up Its Data Sharing Rules after 16 YearsScience Magazine | November 14, 2019The U.S. National Institutes of Health last week released a draft policy that will require all investigators…sciencecityNovember 14, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Questioning Facebook’s Foray into Preventive HealthHarvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | November 6, 2019A new health care feature from Facebook called “Preventive Health” is aimed at encouraging users…sciencecityNovember 6, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Chip-ing Away at Health and Medicine for 25 Years: A Look BackBoston Children's Hospital | November 4, 2019In 1994, when CHIP was formed, the dotcom boom was just dawning. iPhones and social…sciencecityNovember 4, 2019 Read More
Awards Dan and Diane Riccio Fund for Neuroscience Announces Two Research Awards at UMass ChanUMass Chan Medical School | July 12, 2024Two teams of UMass Chan Medical School scientists received awards of $50,000 each to support…karnottJuly 12, 2024 Read More
Awards Award Will Enable Detailed Study of an Organism That Constantly Adds New NeuronsThe Picower Institute | July 11, 2024Scientists who dream of a future in which regenerative medicine has advanced enough to enable…karnottJuly 11, 2024 Read More
Awards Fellowship Enables Study of How the Brain Makes Memories of PlacesThe Picower Institute | July 9, 2024Remembering where we’ve been is fundamental both to our ability to function and to our…karnottJuly 9, 2024 Read More
Awards UMass Chan BRIDGE Fund Commits $2M in Six Faculty ProjectsUMass Chan Medical School | July 5, 2024BRIDGE Innovation and Business Development at UMass Chan Medical School has committed nearly $2 million…karnottJuly 5, 2024 Read More
Awards Six BU Researchers Win Prestigious Early-Career Award to Advance Their WorkThe Brink | July 2, 2024They’re pioneering ingestible body monitors, friendly robots that could distribute flu shots, tissue regeneration, and…karnottJuly 2, 2024 Read More
Awards Six Postdocs from MCB Labs Receive Fellowship FundingHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | June 28, 2024This spring, several postdocs in MCB labs have been awarded fellowships to further their research.…karnottJune 28, 2024 Read More
Awards Charles Evavold Awarded Karin Grunebaum Cancer Research Foundation Faculty Research FellowshipRagon Institute | June 28, 2024Ragon faculty member and Early Independence Fellow Charles Evavold, PhD, has been selected as the…karnottJune 28, 2024 Read More
Awards Anna Berenson Receives 2024 Belamarich AwardBoston University Biology | June 24, 2024Dr. Anna Berenson of the Fuxman Bass Lab was selected as the winner of the…karnottJune 24, 2024 Read More
Awards Pew Biomedical ScholarsPew | June 21, 2024The Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences provides funding to young investigators of outstanding…karnottJune 21, 2024 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Nancy Kanwisher Shares 2024 Kavli Prize in NeuroscienceMcGovern Institute | June 18, 2024The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters today announced the 2024 Kavli Prize Laureates in the fields…sciencecityJune 18, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Rules of Engagement for Condensins and Cohesins Guide Mitotic Chromosome FormationSamejima, K., et al. | April 23, 2025Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein complexes, which include cohesin and condensin, play crucial roles…karnottApril 23, 2025 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Member Sebastian Lourido receives the Tulane 2025 Science and Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award for Professional ExcellenceWhitehead Institute | April 22, 2025Whitehead Institute Member Sebastian Lourido has been awarded the Tulane University School of Science and…karnottApril 22, 2025 Read More
Local News Newly Identified Antibodies Could Help Scientists Develop Diagnostic Strategy for Systemic Diseases Related to Gum DiseaseADA Forsyth | April 22, 2025Connection to systemic diseases presents a major concern about periodontal disease, also known as gum…karnottApril 22, 2025 Read More