Featured Awards Deborah L. Levy, PhD, to Receive 2019 Valiant Researcher Award October 9, 2019 McLean Hospital | October 11, 2019 The Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA) will present Deborah L. Levy, PhD, director of the…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week A Luminal Unfolding Microneedle Injector for Oral Delivery of Macromolecules Salvador, E., C., et al. | October 11, 2019 We developed an ingestible system capable of applying small micro-needle patches in the small intestine…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Local News New Method Visualizes Groups of Neurons as They Compute MIT News | October 11, 2019 Using a fluorescent probe that lights up when brain cells are electrically active, MIT and…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Phototherapy and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Facilitate Removal of Carbon Monoxide in Rats Zazzeron, L., et al. | October 11, 2019 Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless gas that can cause severe illness and death…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week 3D Mapping Reveals Network-Specific Amyloid Progression and Subcortical Susceptibility in Mice Canter, G., R.; et al. | October 10, 2019 Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive, neurodegenerative dementia with no cure. Prominent hypotheses suggest accumulation…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards McLean Hospital Receives Federal Funding to Help Tackle National Opioid Crisis McLean Hospital | October 10, 2019 As part of its efforts to reverse the opioid crisis that continues to grip the nation, the…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles FDA Boosts Rare Disease Research with $15 Million in Grants BioSpace | October 10, 2019 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded $15 million in grants to fund 12 new clinical trials over…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Local News Long Live the Worm Northeastern University | October 10, 2019 Scientists have discovered how to make a certain kind of worm live ten times as…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week International Meta-Analysis of PTSD Genome-Wideassociation Studies Identifies Sex- and Ancestry-Specific Genetic Risk Loci Nievergelt, C., M.; et al. | October 10, 2019 The risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma is heritable, but robustcommon variants have…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Local News Flagship Pioneering rolls out another startup, Cygnal, with $65M in backing Boston Business Journal | October 9, 2019 Another company has rolled down Flagship Pioneering’s conveyor belt: Cygnal Therapeutics, which hopes to stop…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More