Local News What Human Diseases Can Teach Us About the Immune System Harvard Medical School | November 21, 2023 The immune system is a crucial part of our survival, regularly fending off wide-ranging attacks…sciencecityNovember 21, 2023 Read More
Awards Marcus Ruscetti Receives American Cancer Society Award for Prostate Cancer Research UMass Chan Medical School | November 20, 2023 Marcus Ruscetti, PhD, assistant professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology, received a Research Scholar…sciencecityNovember 20, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Knockout or Inhibition of USP30 Protects Dopaminergic Neurons in a Parkinson’s Disease Mouse Model Fang, T., et al. | November 20, 2023 Mutations in SNCA, the gene encoding α-synuclein (αSyn), cause familial Parkinson’s disease (PD) and aberrant…sciencecityNovember 20, 2023 Read More
Local News A New Wave of Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease MIT News | November 17, 2023 Alzheimer's disease, the appalling and baffling degenerative brain illness that plagues many elderly people, may…sciencecityNovember 17, 2023 Read More
Local News Using Artificial Intelligence to Study Autism Boston College | July 8, 2022 Differences in behavior among people with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, are closely related to…pthomsonJuly 8, 2022 Read More
Local News How Proteins Assemble May Have Underappreciated Role in Disease Whitehead Institute | July 8, 2022 Thanks to advances in genomics in recent decades, researchers now know the genetic mutations responsible…pthomsonJuly 8, 2022 Read More
Local News Collaborative Effort Led by Marian Walhout Spotlights Worms As Model for Personalized Medicine UMass Chan Medical School | July 8, 2022 Using four unrelated strains of the microscopic nematode C. elegans originating from different parts of the world,…pthomsonJuly 8, 2022 Read More
Local News How a Shape-Shifting Receptor Influences Cell Growth MIT News | July 7, 2022 Receptors found on cell surfaces bind to hormones, proteins, and other molecules, helping cells respond…pthomsonJuly 7, 2022 Read More
Interesting Articles Novo Nordisk Bio Innovation Hub Innovation Call with LabCentral Novo Nordisk | July 4, 2024 The application window for our innovation call with LabCentral is now open. Anchored with the…karnottJuly 4, 2024 Read More
Local News A Prosthesis Driven by the Nervous System Helps People with Amputation Walk Naturally McGovern Institute | July 4, 2024 State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they…karnottJuly 4, 2024 Read More
Local News A CHARMed Collaboration Created a Potent Therapy Candidate for Fatal Prion Diseases Whitehead Institute | July 4, 2024 Drug development is typically slow: the pipeline from basic research discoveries that provide the basis…karnottJuly 4, 2024 Read More