Local News How a Mother’s Microbiome Helps Shape Her Baby’s Development Broad Institute | January 3, 2023 During and after child birth, bacteria from the mother’s gut take up residence in the…pthomsonJanuary 3, 2023 Read More
Uncategorized Science in Boston Is Taking a Break for the Holidays Science in Boston | December 19, 2022 The holiday season is here, and as research begins to slow towards the end of…pthomsonDecember 19, 2022 Read More
Local News Next-Generation Drug Improves Progression-Free Survival in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 16, 2022 A head-to-head clinical trial in patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and…pthomsonDecember 16, 2022 Read More
Local News MIT Engineers Design a Soft, Implantable Ventilator MIT News | December 16, 2022 For many of us, the act of breathing comes naturally. Behind the scenes, our diaphragm…pthomsonDecember 16, 2022 Read More
Local News Study Pairs Two Forms of Immunotherapy in Patients with Advanced Kidney Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | August 5, 2021 Stymied and disoriented. That’s one way to describe the state of the immune system in…pthomsonAugust 5, 2021 Read More
Local News Researchers Find Fat Burning Molecule in Mice Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | August 4, 2021 Linked to serious health problems including cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease, obesity affects more than…pthomsonAugust 4, 2021 Read More
Local News Researchers Develop Machine Learning Methods to Accurately Identify, Characterize Metabolism-Disrupting Chemicals Boston University School of Medicine | August 4, 2021 Chemicals in your furniture, plastic housewares and pesticides used in your yard may be making…pthomsonAugust 4, 2021 Read More
Local News Rewiring Cell Division to Make Eggs and Sperm Whitehead Institute | August 3, 2021 To create eggs and sperm, cells must rewire the process of cell division. Mitosis, the…pthomsonAugust 3, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Assessment and Validation of Enrichment and Target Capture Approaches to Improve Mycobacterium tuberculosis WGS from Direct Patient Samples Mann, B., et al. | October 6, 2023 Within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) diversity may detect antibiotic resistance or predict tuberculosis treatment failure and is…sciencecityOctober 6, 2023 Read More
Awards Marvin Caruthers Receives Inaugural Merkin Prize in Ceremony at the Broad Institute for DNA Synthesis Technology Broad Institute | October 6, 2023 The inaugural Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology was awarded to Marvin H. Caruthers…sciencecityOctober 6, 2023 Read More
Local News New Research Shows That RNA-Guided Enzymes Called Fanzors Are Widespread Among Eukaryotic Organisms. McGovern Institute | October 6, 2023 A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes…sciencecityOctober 6, 2023 Read More