Local News Beyond the BrainMcGovern Institute | March 29, 2024Like many people, graduate student Guillermo Herrera-Arcos found himself working from home in the spring…karnottMarch 29, 2024 Read More
Awards What Causes Osteoarthritis? BU Researchers Win $46 Million Grant to Pursue Answers and Find New TreatmentsThe Brink | March 28, 2024Anyone who suffers from osteoarthritis knows the symptoms all too well—joint pain and stiffness, loss…karnottMarch 28, 2024 Read More
Local News CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Treats Genetic Hearing Loss by Promoting Outer Hair Cell SurvivalMassachusetts General Hospital | March 28, 2024More than 150 genetic loci have been linked to hereditary hearing loss, but no biological…karnottMarch 28, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week A Noncoding Regulatory Variant in IKZF1 Increases Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Risk in Hispanic/Latino Childrende Smith, A., et al. | March 28, 2024Hispanic/Latino children have the highest risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in the US compared…karnottMarch 28, 2024 Read More
Local News Immunotherapy’s Next ActWyss Institute | March 20, 2023Prior to the 1990s, the treatment options available to cancer patients were so disfiguring, toxic,…pthomsonMarch 20, 2023 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Key Source of T Cell “Exhaustion”Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 20, 2023Custom-made to attack cancer cells, CAR T-cell therapies have opened a new era in the…pthomsonMarch 20, 2023 Read More
Local News Designing More Useful BacteriaHarvard Medical School | March 17, 2023In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain…pthomsonMarch 17, 2023 Read More
Local News Molecular Component of Caffeine May Play a Role in Gut HealthBrigham and Women's Hospital | March 17, 2023The gut is home to a cast of microbes that influence health and disease. Some…pthomsonMarch 17, 2023 Read More
Awards Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin Named a 2024 McKnight ScholarWhitehead Institute | July 24, 2024The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience has selected Whitehead Institute Member Siniša Hrvatin as one…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Adaptation to Photoperiod via Dynamic Neurotransmitter SegregationMaddaloni, G., et al. | July 24, 2024Changes in the amount of daylight (photoperiod) alter physiology and behaviour1,2. Adaptive responses to seasonal…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Local News Systematic Analyses Find That Related Transport Proteins Choreograph Their Conformational Dance from a Small Set of Common MovesHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 24, 2024Organisms must take up nutrients and extrude toxins and waste to survive, grow, and reproduce.…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More