Uncovering a Reversible Master Switch for Development
Kuroda lab identifies a reversible “master switch” that sits on potentially all developmental genes in a model organism, the fruit fly (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 25, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Using Networks to Understand Tissue-Specific Gene Regulation
Researchers have discerned that different tissue functions arise from a core biological machinery (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 24, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
The Skinny on Lipid Immunology
New insights into the basis for T cell receptor (TCR) autoreactivity to self-phospholipids, with implications for autoimmune diseases (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 20, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Investigating the Most Common Genetic Contributor to Parkinson ’s Disease
Essential role of LRRK in the brain during aging may help to shed light on the causes of PD in human patients (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 19, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study of Clinical Genome Sequencing in the Active-Duty Military Begins
The MilSeq Project, a research collaboration between the U.S. Air Force and academic sites, explores the use of DNA sequencing in routine care of healthy Air Force service members (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 19, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women & #39;s researchers laud FDA approval of CAR T-cell therapy for non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's one of the only centers certified to offer new approach (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 19, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Meeting an Unmet Need: Surgical Implant that Grows with a Child
A novel growth-accommodating implant could revolutionize cardiac repair (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 10, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Congenital Heart Disease Genes Uncovered
Discoveries from “Bench to Bassinet” investigators may help answer parents’ questions about the genetic causes of heart conditions and long-term effects. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 9, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Healing and Sealing
New Surgical Sealant Derived from Human Protein Seals Without Sutures (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - October 4, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Neuro-Immune Crosstalk in Allergic Asthma
Study reveals a way in which the nervous system communicates with the immune system and allergic inflammation gets amplified. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - September 28, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Uncovering Why Psoriasis Recurs
Study identifies population of resident T cells that may initiate psoriasis and allow skin lesions to recur after therapy ends (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - September 25, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Tool Demonstrates High Cost of Lack of Sleep in the Workplace and Calculates Benefit of Sleep Health Education
Fatigue Cost Calculator Developed at Brigham Health introduced at National Safety Council Congress and Expo (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - September 25, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Insulin Therapy Initially Declined and Delayed by an Average of Two Years
New research by BWH has found 30 percent of type 2 diabetic patients don ’t begin insulin when it’s initially recommended. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - September 14, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Rare Genetic Cause of Peritoneal Mesothelioma Points to Targeted Therapy
Genetic rearrangement in the ALK gene found in young women with mesothelioma may be targetable with FDA-approved drugs. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - September 14, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Genetic Cause Discovered for Photosensitive Blood Disorder
Researchers from BWH have uncovered a new genetic cause for erythropoietic protoporphyria (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - September 14, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
