Publications of the Week Placental Senescence Pathophysiology Is Shared Between Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Preeclampsia in Mouse and Human | April 30, 2024Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a form of heart failure linked to preeclampsia. Roh et al. found that secreted…karnottApril 30, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Glial Activity Load on PET Reveals Persistent “Smoldering” Inflammation in MS Despite Disease-Modifying TreatmentTarun, S., et al. | April 30, 202418F-PBR06-PET targeting 18-kDa translocator protein can detect abnormal microglial activation (MA) in multiple sclerosis (MS).…karnottApril 30, 2024 Read More
Awards Dr. Mara Murray Horwitz Receives $150K March of Dimes Research GrantBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | April 26, 2024Mara Murray Horwitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine and a primary care clinician at…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Plastic Degradation Company, Breaking, Emerges from Stealth with Naturally-Derived Solution to Degrade Multiple Plastics with $10.5M in Seed FundingWyss Institute | April 26, 2024Breaking, a plastic degradation and synthetic biology company, gestated at Colossal Biosciences based on a…karnottApril 26, 2024 Read More
Local News Reimagining Treatment for Brain Diseases to Improve the Lives of Patients and Their Families: Ana Raquel Santa MariaWyss Institute | May 22, 2023Situated in the eastern part of Beja, the second-most southern District of Portugal, Moura is…pthomsonMay 22, 2023 Read More
Local News Aric Lu on Breaking Biology by Bioprinting Complex TissueWyss Institute | May 22, 2023Like each cell in the body, each paddler in a dragon boat plays a specific…pthomsonMay 22, 2023 Read More
Local News A Potential New Weapon in the War Against SuperbugsBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | May 22, 2023The end of modern medicine as we know it.” That’s how the then-director general of…pthomsonMay 22, 2023 Read More
Local News Viruses in the Guts of Centenarians May Help Them Resist PathogensBroad Institute | May 19, 2023New research suggests that centenarians — people who live to be at least 100 —…pthomsonMay 19, 2023 Read More
Local News In Immune Cells, X Marks the Spot(s)Whitehead Institute | August 7, 2024There are many known sex differences in health and disease: cases in which either men…karnottAugust 7, 2024 Read More
Awards Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Claflin Distinguished Scholar AwardsBench Press | August 7, 2024lthough women enter into the fields of science and medicine in approximately the same numbers…karnottAugust 7, 2024 Read More
Local News FDA Approves New Therapy for Glioma Patients for First Time in DecadesDana-Farber Cancer Institute | August 6, 2024Vorasidenib has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with…karnottAugust 6, 2024 Read More