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🏆 @mgbresearch.bsky.social has named @ragoninstitute.bsky.social's Dr. Gaurav Gaiha as the 2026 Giammaria and Sabrina Giuliani MGB Research Scholar!
This award recognizes work that represents the very best of innovation, rigor, and promise across the MGB research community: https://bit.ly/4fJgPNm
Dr. David Chou’s work at the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social is literally out of this world! 🚀
In addition to identifying radiation countermeasures, he is part of the AVATAR project, which aims to understand how humans respond to the health risks inherent to spaceflight: https://bit.ly/443Hehv
New research could have far-reaching implications for understanding #BrainPlasticity and maturation, including how early-life stress affects the brain.
See the work from @harvardmed.bsky.social & Boston Children’s Hospital. 👇
Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4e6UMgS
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1 in 3 people are affected by neurological conditions. The time is now for a different approach.
With partners like the Bezos family, @awscloud.bsky.social, & EverythingALS, we're launching the #BrainHealth accelerator to advance science & fast-track therapies.
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Different tissues in humans and three other mammalian species share common #GeneExpression changes as they age, a team led by @harvardmed.bsky.social investigators has discovered.
🧬 Learn more about their publication in Nature: https://bit.ly/4enpnbk
Researchers at @harvardmed.bsky.social have made colon-on-a-chip devices more useful for the study of inflammatory bowel disease (#IBD), reproducing several aspects of the disease that have been missing in other lab models!
🥼 Abstract: https://go.nature.com/4vavt4x
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IBS affects about 1.6 million Americans, many of whom cannot be effectively treated. Wyss researchers created donor-specific Colon Chips that replicate major hallmarks of IBD in vitro in an unprecedented way, revealing stromal fibroblasts as drivers of inflammation, fibrosis, & enhanced cancer risk.
🥳 Dr. Facundo Batista, Scientific and Associate Director of the @ragoninstitute.bsky.social, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Dr. Batista leads a research program focused on understanding how the immune system generates protective antibodies: https://bit.ly/3PIXOA2
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By Benjamin Boettner (BOSTON) — Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which comprises the inflammatory conditions Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, affects about 1.6 million Americans, many of whom ...
Kjetil Bjornevik helped confirm Epstein-Barr virus as the leading cause of multiple sclerosis and has found that healthy diets in midlife may benefit long-term cognitive health. He recently spoke about his research and what’s next for his work. https://bit.ly/433hdyE
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Kjetil Bjornevik recently spoke about his research and what's next for his work.
