Publications of the Week Multi-Timescale Reinforcement Learning in the Brain Masset, P., et al. | June 16, 2025 To thrive in complex environments, animals and artificial agents must learn to act adaptively to…karnottJune 16, 2025 Read More
Local News Tufts Chemists Design a Next Generation of Weight Loss Drugs Tufts Now | June 13, 2025 Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are used by over 15 million adults in…karnottJune 13, 2025 Read More
Awards Aging Brain Initiative Seed Grants Fund Five New Projects to Address Neurodegenerative Disease The Picower Institute | June 13, 2025 The devastating impacts of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s afflict millions of American families, and…karnottJune 13, 2025 Read More
Local News How the Brain Distinguishes Between Ambiguous Hypotheses McGovern Institute | June 13, 2025 When navigating a place that we’re only somewhat familiar with, we often rely on unique…karnottJune 13, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Phototherapy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Facilitate Removal of Carbon Monoxide in Rats Zazzeron, L., et al. | October 11, 2019 Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless gas that can cause severe illness and death…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week 3D Mapping Reveals Network-Specific Amyloid Progression and Subcortical Susceptibility in Mice Canter, G., R.; et al. | October 10, 2019 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative dementia with no cure. Prominent hypotheses suggest accumulation…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week International Meta-Analysis of PTSD Genome-Wideassociation Studies Identifies Sex- and Ancestry-Specific Genetic Risk Loci Nievergelt, C., M.; et al. | October 10, 2019 The risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma is heritable, but robustcommon variants have…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Mouse Embryo Geometry Drives Formation of Robust Signaling Gradients through Receptor Localization Zhang, Z; et al. | October 9, 2019 Morphogen signals are essential for cell fate specification during embryogenesis. Some receptors that sense these…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News Q&A: Whitehead Institute Member Pulin Li on Recreating Development in the Lab Whitehead Institute | May 10, 2024 As an embryo matures from a cluster of cells, it undergoes a remarkable transformation, arranging…karnottMay 10, 2024 Read More
Local News Expanding a Lymph Node, Boosting a Vaccine Wyss Institute | May 9, 2024 Each one of us has around 600 lymph nodes (LNs) – small, bean-shaped organs that…karnottMay 9, 2024 Read More
Local News New Findings Activate a Better Understanding of Rett Syndrome’s Causes Wyss Institute | May 7, 2024 Rett syndrome is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder for which there is currently no cure or…karnottMay 7, 2024 Read More
Local News What Is Consciousness? McGovern Institute | May 7, 2024 In the hit T.V. show “Westworld,” Dolores Abernathy, a golden-tressed belle, lives in the days…karnottMay 7, 2024 Read More
Local News RNA Structure Beyond Canonical Base Pairs Guided by Evolution Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | October 10, 2025 In addition to messenger RNA (mRNA) that provide the code for proteins, there are other…karnottOctober 10, 2025 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Leads New $4.4 Million Study To Study Melanoma UMass Chan Medical School | October 10, 2025 UMass Chan Medical School has received a five-year, $4.4 million grant from the National Cancer…karnottOctober 10, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Selective HLA Knockdown and PD-L1 Expression Prevent Allogeneic CAR-NK Cell Rejection and Enhance Safety and Anti-Tumor Responses in Xenograft Mice Liu, F., et al. | October 9, 2025 Allogeneic cellular immunotherapy exhibits promising efficacy for cancer treatment, but donor cell rejection remains a…karnottOctober 9, 2025 Read More