Awards & Recognitions: February 2025 February 28, 2025 Honors received by HMS faculty, postdocs, staff, and students
Scientists Identify New Driver of Inflammation Implicated in Autoimmune Diseases February 20, 2025 The protein can turn the body’s defenses against its own tissues to fuel inflammation and damage
New Imaging Technique Illuminates Bacterial Gene Activity February 14, 2025 Single-cell analyses expand study of virulence, antibiotic resistance
Research Pinpoints Weakness in Lung Cancer’s Defenses February 7, 2025 Scientists uncover an enzyme that boosts cancer cell metabolism to fuel growth
Regulatory T Cells Found To Safeguard Brain Health, Memory Formation January 28, 2025 Research identifies guardian cells dwelling in the protective layers of the brain
Drawing a Line From the Gut Microbiome to Inflammation and Depression January 21, 2025 Study provides explanation for one bacterium’s link to mental health
New Understanding of How Genetic Mutation Causes Huntington’s Disease January 16, 2025 Brain cell study shows mutation expands over decades, becomes rapidly toxic later in life
Why Do Gliomas Tend To Recur in the Brain? December 5, 2024 First look at neuron-tumor connections illuminates formation, spread
How HIV Research Has Reshaped Modern Medicine November 27, 2024 Decades of scientific work turned the tide on a fatal disease.
Scientists Create First Blueprint of Entire Mouse Gut November 21, 2024 Map of genes and cells by location reveals organ’s stunning resilience
How Even One Faulty Copy of the BRCA1 Gene Can Fuel Breast Cancer November 11, 2024 Research adds a new twist to prevailing two-hit model, offering new insight for prevention
How Cancer Immunotherapy Fuels Heart Inflammation in Some Patients November 8, 2024 Myocarditis appears to be triggered by immune response different from the one aimed at the tumor