Local News Dana-Farber Research Shows Promise for Targeted Therapies for Pediatric Gliomas Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | August 6, 2025 A collaborative study between Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute found that 8.9 percent…karnottAugust 6, 2025 Read More
Awards Camille Testard Named Branco Weiss Fellow for Trailblazing Research on Social Resilience to Ecological Disasters Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | August 6, 2025 Harvard Junior Fellow Camille Testard has been awarded the highly competitive Branco Weiss Fellowship –…karnottAugust 6, 2025 Read More
Local News Study Finds Key Role for Non-Neural Brain Cells in Processing Vision The Picower Institute | August 5, 2025 Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have…karnottAugust 5, 2025 Read More
Local News Curing Heart Attacks, Replacing Diseased Organs—Christopher Chen Is Engineering a Healthier Future The Brink | August 5, 2025 Christopher Chen was a teenager when he first started thinking seriously about what makes the…karnottAugust 5, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week The Choroid Plexus Synergizes with Immune Cells During Neuroinflammation Xu, H., et al. | August 2, 2024 The choroid plexus (ChP) is a vital brain barrier and source of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).…karnottAugust 2, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Adaptation to Photoperiod via Dynamic Neurotransmitter Segregation Maddaloni, G., et al. | July 24, 2024 Changes in the amount of daylight (photoperiod) alter physiology and behaviour1,2. Adaptive responses to seasonal…karnottJuly 24, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Propofol Anesthesia Destabilizes Neural Dynamics Across Cortex Eisen, A., et al. | July 23, 2024 Every day, hundreds of thousands of people undergo general anesthesia. One hypothesis is that anesthesia…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Specially Equipped Natural Killer Cells Show Effectiveness Against the Most Common Form of Ovarian Cancer Tarannum , M., et al. | July 18, 2024 Natural killer, or NK, cells endowed with memory-like abilities and armed with a novel chimeric…karnottJuly 18, 2024 Read More
Local News Overlooked Cells Might Explain the Human Brain’s Huge Storage Capacity MIT News | June 2, 2025 The human brain contains about 86 billion neurons. These cells fire electrical signals that help…karnottJune 2, 2025 Read More
Local News New Genetic Insights Could Change How We Treat, and Talk About, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Boston Children's Hospital | May 30, 2025 Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has long been viewed as a hormonal disorder affecting women of…karnottMay 30, 2025 Read More
Local News Tessera Therapeutics Features New Preclinical Data Demonstrating Progress Across its In Vivo Gene Writing™ Programs and Delivery Platform Tessera Therapeutics | May 30, 2025 - Tessera Therapeutics, the biotechnology company pioneering a new approach in genetic medicine known as…karnottMay 30, 2025 Read More
Local News Scientists Discover Potential New Targets for Alzheimer’s Drugs MIT News | May 29, 2025 By combining information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets…sciencecityMay 29, 2025 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Two BU Researchers Receive over $1 Million Each in Funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative The Brink | January 24, 2023 Imagine being able to watch the smallest units of life—like cells and molecules—working together in…pthomsonJanuary 24, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards BU’s Christopher Chen Elected a National Academy of Inventors Fellow The Brink | January 20, 2023 Imagine a future where we can build replacement organs as easily as tech companies churn…pthomsonJanuary 20, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards David Walt Awarded with National Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize Wyss Institute | January 13, 2023 Today, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced Wyss Core Faculty member David Walt as the recipient…pthomsonJanuary 13, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Dan Barouch Awarded King Faisal Prize Ragon Institute | January 11, 2023 Congratulations to Dan Barouch, MD, PhD, one of this year’s recipients of the King Faisal…pthomsonJanuary 11, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Elizabeth Carstens and Yang Claire Zeng Selected As 3rd Recipients of Harvard’s “Immuno-Engineering to Improve Immunotherapy” (i3) Center Award Wyss Institute | January 4, 2023 The “Immuno-engineering to Improve Immunotherapy” (i3) Center at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering selected Elizabeth…pthomsonJanuary 4, 2023 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards UMass Chan Researcher Anastasia Khvorova Named 2022 National Academy of Inventors Fellow UMass Chan Medical School | December 16, 2022 Anastasia Khvorova, PhD, the Remondi Family Chair in Biomedical Research, professor of RNA therapeutics, and a…pthomsonDecember 16, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards William Hahn Named a 2022 National Academy of Inventors Fellow Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 12, 2022 William Hahn, MD, PhD, executive vice president and chief operating officer at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and William Rosenberg…pthomsonDecember 12, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Two BU Named Professorships, Last Awarded Decades Ago, Have New Occupants Boston University | December 7, 2022 The last time BU named a scholar to its Arthur G. B. Metcalf Chair, Bill…pthomsonDecember 7, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Catherine Dulac Named University Professor, the Seventh Woman to Hold the Honor Harvard Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | November 30, 2022 Catherine Dulac has been named a Harvard University Professor, only the 23rd to receive this title since…pthomsonNovember 30, 2022 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards Congrats to the 44 Mass General Investigators Named to Clarivate Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers List for 2022 Mass General Research Institute | November 29, 2022 Clarivate Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers List is an annual report of individuals at universities, research institutes and…pthomsonNovember 29, 2022 Read More
Publications of the Week Targeting G1–S-Checkpoint-Compromised Cancers with Cyclin A/B RxL Inhibitors Singh, S., et al. | August 28, 2025 Small-cell lung cancers (SCLCs) contain near-universal loss-of-function mutations in RB1 and TP53, compromising the G1–S…karnottAugust 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Dr. Eric Dang Joins Ragon Faculty Ragon Institute | August 28, 2025 We are excited to announce that Eric Dang, PhD, will be joining the Ragon Institute…karnottAugust 28, 2025 Read More
Local News Unusual Allies: Vagus Nerve Cells Emerge as Defenders Against Flu Damage Harvard Medical School | August 27, 2025 A group of nerve cells known for their role in detecting chemical irritation, tissue damage,…karnottAugust 27, 2025 Read More