Break Point

At a glance: Experiments in worms reveal the molecular damage caused by DEHP, a chemical commonly used to make plastics flexible DEHP interferes with proper cell division during egg formation, leads to excessive DNA breakage, alters chromosome...
8-Jan-2020 1:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

Backbone of Success

After decades of effort, scientists use induced pluripotent stem cells to model human spine development Findings provide proof of existence of a segmentation clock in humans guiding spine formation Work sets stage for better understanding of...
7-Jan-2020 5:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

A Mother’s Bugs

-Newborn mice derive protective antibodies from their mothers’ microbiota -Antibodies derived from mothers’ microbiota ward off both localized and widespread systemic infections by the bacterium E. coli -Study points to the role of maternal...
6-Jan-2020 11:25 AM EST Add to Favorites

Versatile Bile Acids

Could bile acids—the fat-dissolving juices churned out by the liver and gallbladder—also play a role in immunity and inflammation? The answer appears to be yes, according to two separate Harvard Medical School studies published in Nature.
3-Jan-2020 11:55 AM EST Add to Favorites

Harvard Medical School Names Executive Director of Therapeutics Translation

Pharmaceutical R&D executive, accomplished scientist to lead School’s efforts to propel basic science discoveries into treatments
19-Dec-2019 12:25 PM EST Add to Favorites

Spinning Inequality

Analysis of more than 6 million clinical and life science papers shows articles with male lead authors are up to 21 percent more likely to use language that frames their research positively Papers that use positive framing, including words like...
12-Dec-2019 10:35 AM EST Add to Favorites

Primary Care Declines in America

National analysis reveals alarming decline in primary care use. Primary care is associated with better health outcomes than episodic, inconsistent care.
12-Dec-2019 4:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

Herpes’s Achilles Heel

Scientists have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to disrupt both latent reservoirs of the herpes simplex virus and actively replicating virus in human fibroblast cells
11-Dec-2019 5:30 PM EST Add to Favorites

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