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New Leader Charts Course for Neurobiology

November 2, 2022

New chair David Ginty shares his plans for moving the neurobiology department into the future

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Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood Opens

October 31, 2022

New lab houses workspaces for early-stage, high-potential biotech and life sciences startups

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New Clues into a Serious Neurodegenerative Disease

October 27, 2022

A new study sheds light on the basic biology of frontotemporal dementia

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Study Reveals Detailed Structure of B-Cell Receptor

October 25, 2022

Findings can inform vaccines, treatments for COVID, cancers, and beyond

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T cell Take Down

October 24, 2022
Researchers discover how cancer cells manipulate the immune system
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Fingerprinting Sleeping Brain Activity

October 18, 2022

Unique brain wave ‘fingerprints’ yield pictures of sleeping brain

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Lessons for Modern Medicine from Race-Based X-Rays

October 18, 2022

1968 controversy provides insight for building more equitable health systems

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How AI Can Help Diagnose Rare Diseases

October 18, 2022

New model acts as search engine for large databases of pathology images, helping to identify rare…

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Support for Pathogen Readiness

October 18, 2022

MassCPR participating institutions to receive CDC funding for ongoing study of COVID-19 and emerging…

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Scientists Uncover Nearly All Genetic Variants Linked to Height

October 14, 2022

Largest genome-wide association study achieves ‘the impossible’

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Study Finds Unexpected Protective Properties of Pain

October 14, 2022

Work in mice illuminates how pain neurons shield the gut from damage

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How Muscle, Fat Tissues Respond to Exercise, Obesity

October 13, 2022

First-of-its-kind study reveals single-cell changes in metabolic tissues

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