Local News Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable HearingHarvard Medical School | April 21, 2023Hearing loss affects about 48 million Americans and 430 million people worldwide, with those numbers…pthomsonApril 21, 2023 Read More
Local News Prime Editing Shows Proof of Concept for Treating Sickle Cell DiseaseBroad Institute | April 20, 2023Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious blood disorder affecting millions of people, primarily those…pthomsonApril 20, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus Receives AAUW FellowshipBU Biology | April 20, 2023Biology PhD student, Anne-Marie Abban-Demitrus, recently received a $25,000 International Fellowship from the American Association of…pthomsonApril 20, 2023 Read More
Local News Personal Organoids Could Help Individualize Cancer TreatmentDana-Farber Cancer Institute | April 19, 2023To date, there are no model or cellular-based systems that are able to predict if…pthomsonApril 19, 2023 Read More
Local News Ana Raquel Santa Maria on Breaking Through the Blood-Brain Barrier to Treat Brain DiseaseWyss Institute | March 16, 2022Ana Raquel Santa Maria likes to use the analogy that the brain is like a…pthomsonMarch 16, 2022 Read More
Local News The Immune System Is Very Complicated, but Now, It’s on a ChipWyss Institute | March 16, 2022To quote veteran science writer Ed Yong’s simple yet extremely accurate words in The Atlantic, “The…pthomsonMarch 16, 2022 Read More
Local News An Enzyme’s Protective RoleHarvard Medical School | March 16, 2022Nearly two million Americans have type 1 diabetes, in which the body does not produce…pthomsonMarch 16, 2022 Read More
Local News An “Oracle” for Predicting the Evolution of Gene RegulationMIT News | March 16, 2022Despite the sheer number of genes that each human cell contains, these so-called “coding” DNA…pthomsonMarch 16, 2022 Read More
Awards 10 HMS Researchers Elected to National Academy of MedicineHarvard Medical School | October 27, 2023Ten researchers from Harvard Medical School have been elected members of the National Academy of…sciencecityOctober 27, 2023 Read More
Local News The Wyss Institute and Northpond Ventures’ Relationship Is Moving Full Steam AheadThe Wyss Institute | October 27, 2023As 2019 got underway and the team at Northpond Ventures started closing deals, they noticed…sciencecityOctober 27, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Carcinogen Exposure Enhances Cancer Immunogenicity by Blocking the Development of an Immunosuppressive Tumor MicroenvironmentHuang, M., et al. | October 27, 2023Carcinogen exposure is strongly associated with enhanced cancer immunogenicity. Increased tumor mutational burden and resulting…sciencecityOctober 27, 2023 Read More