Publications of the Week In Vivo Detection of Immune Responses via Cytokine Activity Labeling Lu, G., et al. | February 24, 2026 While much is known about the identity and regulation of cytokine-producing cells, the cell types…karnottFebruary 24, 2026 Read More
Awards Two Boston University Bioengineers Win Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships The Brink | February 23, 2026 The mathematics done by Boston University’s Brian DePasquale promises tangible help for injury patients. An…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Local News Virus-Based Therapy Boosts Anti-Cancer Immune Responses to Brain Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | February 23, 2026 A team led by investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Mass General Brigham has shown…karnottFebruary 23, 2026 Read More
Local News New Study Pinpoints Toxic Proteins as Primary Drivers of ALS and FTD Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS | February 20, 2026 Emerging research from the Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne Lab, in collaboration with Franck Martin's Lab at the…karnottFebruary 20, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week DNA Mutagenesis Driven by Transcription Factor Competition with Mismatch Repair Zhu, W., et al. | September 1, 2025 Despite the remarkable fidelity of eukaryotic DNA replication, nucleotide misincorporation errors occur in every replication…karnottSeptember 1, 2025 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
Publications of the Week Design of Soluble Notch Agonists That Drive T Cell Development and Boost Immunity Mout, R., et al. | August 26, 2025 The rational design of receptor agonists to control cell signaling is an emerging strategy for…karnottAugust 26, 2025 Read More
Publications of the Week Initiation of Meiosis from Human iPSCs Under Defined Conditions Through Identification of Regulatory Factors Smela, M., et al. | August 21, 2025 Meiotic failure is a major cause of infertility, but the lack of an in vitro…karnottAugust 21, 2025 Read More
Local News How Nutrient Availability Shapes Breast Cancer’s Spread Harvard Medical School | January 16, 2026 Scientists have gained new insights into how nutrient availability in different organs affects the spread,…karnottJanuary 16, 2026 Read More
Local News Chemists Determine the Structure of the Fuzzy Coat That Surrounds Tau Proteins MIT News | January 16, 2026 One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease is the clumping of proteins called Tau, which…karnottJanuary 16, 2026 Read More
Local News New Chemical Method Makes It Easier to Select Desirable Traits in Crops Whitehead Institute | January 15, 2026 Crops increasingly need to thrive in a broader range of conditions, including drought, salinity, and…karnottJanuary 15, 2026 Read More
Local News Celebrating Worm Science MIT News | January 14, 2026 For decades, scientists with big questions about biology have found answers in a tiny worm.…karnottJanuary 14, 2026 Read More
Interesting Articles Trump’s Top Scientist Outlines Plan to Reduce Foreign Influence on Us Research Nature News | September 26, 2019 After months of outcry over whether the United States government is unfairly targeting foreign-born researchers…sciencecitySeptember 26, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles U.S. EPA to Eliminate All Mammal Testing by 2035 Science Magazine | September 25, 2019 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., announced today that it will stop conducting…sciencecitySeptember 25, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Antisense Drugs for Huntington’s, ALS and Prion Diseases Could Meet the Dire Need for Brain Treatments Scientific American | August 26, 2019 Among the human body’s many maladies, few have stumped medical researchers like those that decimate…sciencecityAugust 26, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Bioethics Discussions Grow at the Broad Broad Institute | August 22, 2019 Genomics is increasingly grappling with complex issues, and a new group has formed at the…sciencecityAugust 22, 2019 Read More
Awards Three Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Scientific Leaders Elected as Fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy Class of 2025 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 17, 2025 Bradley Bernstein, MD, PhD, A. Thomas Look, MD, and William R. Sellers, MD, of Dana-Farber…karnottMarch 17, 2025 Read More
Awards Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards Fuel Translational Research Harvard Medical School | March 11, 2025 Three research teams have been selected as recipients of the 2024 Blavatnik Therapeutics Challenge Awards,…karnottMarch 11, 2025 Read More
Awards Leslie Vosshall Awarded the 2025 Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience McGovern Institute | March 10, 2025 Today the McGovern Institute at MIT announces that the 2025 Edward M. Scolnick Prize in…karnottMarch 10, 2025 Read More
Awards Five Tufts Faculty Named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors Tufts Now | March 3, 2025 Five Tufts faculty have been named as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors,…karnottMarch 3, 2025 Read More
Awards “Creating Lasting International Collaboration” — An Interview with MIT Ibn Khaldun Fellow Deemah Dabbagh Ragon Institute | February 26, 2025 Deemah Dabbagh, PhD, a junior faculty member at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, has…karnottFebruary 26, 2025 Read More
Awards BU Biologist Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship The Brink | February 25, 2025 In support of her quest to understand the inner workings of brain cells, Boston University…karnottFebruary 25, 2025 Read More
Awards Human Immunome Project and Michelson Medical Research Foundation Award $150,000 Grants to Three Early-Career Scientists Advancing Immunology and Vaccines Human Immunome Project | February 24, 2025 The Human Immunome Project (HIP) and Michelson Medical Research Foundation (MMRF) have awarded Dr. Omar…karnottFebruary 24, 2025 Read More
Awards Could Allergy-Free Peanuts Be the Future? This Northeastern Researcher Wants To Find Out Northeastern Global News | February 20, 2025 One in 10 adults and one in 13 children have food allergies, enough for the…karnottFebruary 20, 2025 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate Jesse Lehman Receives Kirschstein Award To Study Immunology UMass Chan Medical School | February 20, 2025 Jesse Lehman, a PhD candidate in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Interdisciplinary Graduate…karnottFebruary 20, 2025 Read More
Awards Two Northeastern Professors Receive Prestigious Early-Career Awards for Pioneering Bioengineering Research Northeastern Global News | February 19, 2025 Ambika Bajpayee, an associate professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University, is a leading researcher in…karnottFebruary 19, 2025 Read More
Local News Injectable “Satellite Livers” Could Offer an Alternative to Liver Transplantation MIT News | March 5, 2026 More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic liver disease are on a waitlist for…karnottMarch 5, 2026 Read More
Local News Balazs Lab Study Reveals HIV Escapes Antibody Therapy Through Predictable Paths, and Blocking Them Can Achieve Sustained Viral Suppression Ragon Institute | March 4, 2026 A new study from the Balazs Lab at the Ragon Institute, published in Immunity, demonstrates…karnottMarch 4, 2026 Read More
Publications of the Week miR126-Mediated Alteration of Vascular Integrity in Rett Syndrome Osaki, T., et al. | March 4, 2026 Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in methyl-CpG binding protein 2…karnottMarch 4, 2026 Read More