Local News Overriding Tumors’ Genetic Changes to Fight Cancer Harvard Medical School | October 1, 2024 It’s become clear that tumors can modify their own genes to evade detection and attack…karnottOctober 1, 2024 Read More
Awards New BU Postdoctoral Awards Celebrate Excellence in Mentorship and Research The Brink | September 30, 2024 When postdoctoral researcher Jean-Baptiste Lugagne began applying to faculty positions last year, he steeled himself…karnottSeptember 30, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Chemical and Topological Design of Multicapped mRNA and Capped Circular RNA to Augment Translation Chen, H., et al. | September 30, 2024 Protein and vaccine therapies based on mRNA would benefit from an increase in translation capacity.…karnottSeptember 30, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Nanoparticle Delivery of Innate Immune Agonists Combined with Senescence-Inducing Agents Promotes T Cell Control of Pancreatic Cancer Chibaya, L., et al. | September 27, 2024 Unlike other tumor types, existing immunotherapies have not proven very successful for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma…karnottSeptember 27, 2024 Read More
Local News It Takes Three To Tango: Transcription Factors Bind DNA, Protein, and RNA Whitehead Institute | July 10, 2023 Transcription factors could be the Swiss Army knives of gene regulation; they are versatile proteins…pthomsonJuly 10, 2023 Read More
Local News Antisense Therapy Restores Fragile X Protein Production in Human Cells UMass Chan Medical School | July 7, 2023 An antisense therapy developed by Joel D. Richter, PhD, Sneha Shah, PhD, and Jonathan K.…pthomsonJuly 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Making Invisible Therapy Targets Visible McGovern Institute | July 7, 2023 The lab of Edward Boyden, the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology, has developed a powerful…pthomsonJuly 7, 2023 Read More
Local News Navigating the Mental Health Toll of Prostate Cancer and Its Side Effects Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | July 6, 2023 Although early detection and treatment advances have significantly improved survival rates for patients with prostate cancer,…pthomsonJuly 6, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week GUK1 Activation Is a Metabolic Liability in Lung Cancer Schneider, J., et al. | February 17, 2025 Little is known about metabolic vulnerabilities in oncogene-driven lung cancer. Here, we perform a phosphoproteomic…karnottFebruary 17, 2025 Read More
Local News New AI Model Deciphers the Code in Proteins That Tells Them Where To Go Whitehead Institute | February 17, 2025 Proteins are the workhorses that keep our cells running, and there are many thousands of…karnottFebruary 17, 2025 Read More
Local News A Planarian’s Guide to Growing a New Head Whitehead Institute | February 14, 2025 Cut off any part of this worm’s body and it will regrow. This is the…karnottFebruary 14, 2025 Read More