Web-Crawling the Brain March 9, 2011 The brain is a black box. A complex circuitry of neurons fires information through channels, much…
Speeding the Path to Professorship February 7, 2011 Streamlined promotions process expected to average less than a year
Genetics of Attraction November 23, 2010 A male fruit fly has been genetically altered to display female pheremones
Genetics of Aggression November 23, 2010 A female fruit fly has been genetically altered to produce male pheremones
Battle of the Sexes, Fruit-fly Style November 23, 2010 Pity the female fruit fly. Being a looker is simply not enough. To get a date, much less a proposal…
Stem Cell Treatment for Burn Patients Earns Alpert Prize September 3, 2010 Howard Green, a founding father of regenerative medicine and the George Higginson professor of cell…
Living, Breathing Human Lung on a Chip July 30, 2010 Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, HMS…
Ophthalmologist Receives Alpert Prize for Preventing Blindness in Diabetic Patients August 28, 2009 Lloyd M. Aiello, an HMS clinical professor of ophthalmology at Joslin Diabetes Center’s Beetham Eye…
For Cancer Cells, Genetics Alone is Poor Predictor for Drug Response April 12, 2009 In certain respects, cells are less like machines and more like people. True, they have lots of…
