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How the Gut Finishes Healing Itself

October 11, 2023

Understanding how organs wrap up self-repair could lead to safer regenerative therapies

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Scientists Explain a Glitch in the (Extracellular) Matrix

September 13, 2023

Worm study provides clues about protective cell coats

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Scientists Discover Previously Unknown Way Cells Break Down Proteins

August 24, 2023

The mechanism degrades short-lived proteins that support brain and immune functions

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Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks

August 3, 2023

Genetic analysis offers new way to reveal relationships, help restore ancestral histories

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Ludwig Grants Fund Research on Neurodegeneration

June 7, 2023

HMS scientists will conduct basic research on neurodegeneration with therapeutic potential

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Ancient DNA Reveals Asian Ancestry Introduced to East Africa in Early Modern Times

March 29, 2023

Findings clarify and complicate understanding of Swahili history

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Designing More Useful Bacteria

March 15, 2023

Researchers create virus-resistant, safely restrained E. coli for medical, industrial applications

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Lauren Orefice | Novel Strategies to Treat Autism and Sensory Disorders

January 27, 2023
How sensory processing shapes our nervous systems, personalities, and behaviors
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Lessons on Human Longevity … From Rockfish

January 13, 2023

Multi-species analyses reveal shared genes linked to longer life span

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Loss of Epigenetic Information Can Drive Aging, Restoration Can Reverse It

January 12, 2023

Study implicates changes to way DNA is organized, regulated rather than changes to genetic code

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Epigenetics and Aging

January 12, 2023
The effects of DNA breakage and repair
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A 3D Model for Studying Human Spine Development

December 21, 2022

Scientists recreate ticking “segmentation clock” in organoids

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