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A new study co-led by @MCB_Harvard’s Dr. Kazuki Nagashima identifies plant-derived molecules that help quiet the #ImmuneSystem, preventing inflammatory reactions to the foods we eat every day. 🌱 Learn more: bit.ly/4swmjOq

Dr. Jeffrey Marlow from @BU_Tweets has been selected to join the National Academies’ latest New Voices in Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine cohort. The honor is given to “outstanding mid-career scientists, engineers, and medical professionals": bit.ly/4rZGLax Congratulations!🎈

A new study from Dr. Ruhul Ali Khan and the Ghebremichael Lab at the @ragoninstitute introduces a statistical method that evaluates biologically linked outcomes jointly. With this method, they evaluated the efficacy of antiretroviral therapy for #HIV: bit.ly/4s449Uk

Get your #SciencePodcast queue up! Drs. George Murphy (@DrGJMurphy) and @StacyLAndersen from @BU_Tweets sit down to discuss #HealthyAging and the future of longevity. 🎧 Listen to the latest episode of the ReProgram podcast: bit.ly/47oEa1C

In a new study from the @WhiteheadInst, Drs. Yukiko Yamashita, Romain Lannes, and Adrienne Fontan identified a cellular defect that contributes to reproductive incompatibility. 🧪 Abstract: bit.ly/3P4Jnp6 🗞️ Press release: bit.ly/4smOPCJ

Three @tufts researchers have been named as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors. 👏 Congratulations to Drs. Simin Nikbin Meydani, Bruce Kristal, and Athena Papas: bit.ly/4rx6iHm

Two new papers published in PNAS from a @MCB_Harvard lab shine fresh light on one of biology’s most iconic molecular machines: the bacterial flagellar motor. See the work from Drs. Aravi Samuel, Alina Vrabioiu, and Gabriel Hosu: bit.ly/4bf9HUK

Researchers at @TuftsUniversity are studying #Cdiff at multiple levels, from how individual bacterial cells behave inside the gut to the molecular switches that help them spread. They have revealed vulnerabilities that could lead to better prevention: bit.ly/4scbLEg

Join us March 18 at 6PM ET in Cambridge, MA (or online) for a Broad Discovery Series talk with Heidi Greulich and Matthew Meyerson, “The story behind a new therapy for lung cancer patients.” Register: broadinstitute.swoogo.com/Discovery26

In a new study published in @naturemethods, @DanaFarber’s @nickpolizzi_ uses features from a pretrained neural network to train a logistic regression model, AF2BIND, which could be used in drug discovery efforts and uncovering functional sites in proteins across the tree of life. Read more: rdcu.be/e7SnX

💊 Swallow, dissolve, and notify! Dr. Mehmet Girayhan Say and the Traverso lab at @MIT are making managing medications easier by creating a bioresorbable, non-battery-powered pill that confirms when a dose is ingested: bit.ly/40THrlQ

🧐 @WhiteheadInst Member Dr. Jonathan Weissman has been named to a newly funded Cancer Grand Challenges team that will tackle one of the most elusive frontiers in cancer biology: the “dark proteome.” Learn more: bit.ly/3NeYXhd

Common Plant Proteins Found to Calm the Immune System mcb.harvard.edu/department/new… @MicrobiomeTcell @sollisati @Stanford @StanfordMed @SciImmunology @Harvard

Dr. Namrata Ramani is part of the DAIRS project where she determines the best way to deliver therapeutic RNA molecules to fight cancer. Learn more about her work in this month’s Humans of the @wyssinstitute: bit.ly/3NaPUOl

A single injection of an oncolytic virus can recruit immune cells to penetrate and persist deep within brain tumors, according to results of a phase 1 clinical trial at @harvardmed, @DanaFarber, and @MassGenBrigham. 👓 Read all about it! bit.ly/4rMVANH

Cancer Grand Challenges has awarded $25 million to team ILLUMINE, a group of leading scientists around the world including @DanaFarber’s Dr. Cathy Wu, who will work to unlock the potential of the cancer dark proteome. ➡️ bit.ly/4d1AxSV

More than 10,000 Americans who suffer from chronic #LiverDisease. To help those patients, @MIT engineers have developed “mini livers” that could be injected into the body and take over the functions of the failing liver: bit.ly/4bp60gE

Two PNAS Papers from the Samuel Lab Illuminate the Bacterial Flagellar Motor #research mcb.harvard.edu/department/new… @Harvard @PNASNews @harvard

. @MIT neuroscientists have found that either of two genetic mutations that cause #RettSyndrome undermine the structural integrity of developing blood vessels. 🔭 Abstract from Drs. Tatsuya Osaki and Mriganka Sur: go.nature.com/3ODvNce 🗞️ Press release: bit.ly/4rc64Vz

🥳 @BU_Tweets biomedical engineer Dr. Ji-Xin Cheng has been named as a @AcadofInventors Fellow. Among the reasons for his election is his work creating a microscope that enhances cancer detection and a device to zap away antibiotic-resistant bacteria: bit.ly/40CtmsX