Harvard scientists work to find coronavirus treatment
As the pandemic intensifies, Harvard scientists work to find a treatment.
Juan SiliezarMarch 30, 2020 | harvard
~14 mins
Tags: health-medicine brigham-and-womens-hospital christoph-gorgulla coronavirus covid-19 drug-repurposing-hub-of-the-broad-institute-of-mit-and-harvard francisco-marty george-church haribabu-arthanari harvard-medical-school harvard-th-chan-school-of-public-health jonathan-abraham libby-hohmann mark-namchuk massachusetts-consortium-on-pathogen-readiness massachusetts-general-hospital remdesivir sarah-fortune wyss-institute-for-biologically-inspired-engineering
Remote work will stress-test the internet — and parts will fail
The massive shift from the office to remote work will test the internet in ways it hasn’t been tested before, a Harvard expert on the technology industry said, offering a real-time experiment that will likely see failures, but from which unexpected solutions will also emerge.
Alvin PowellMarch 18, 2020 | harvard
~13 mins
Tags: science-technology alvin-powell coronavirus covid-19 engineering engineering-technology internet jim-waldo online-learning remote-work stress-test work-from-home
In creating a coronavirus vaccine, researchers prepare for future
In response to this public health crisis, researchers in the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital are on the front lines of developing a vaccine specially targeted toward older populations
Alice McCarthyMarch 13, 2020 | harvard
~8 mins
Tags: health-medicine adjuvants basic-research coronavirus covid-19 elderly engineering harvard-medical-school immune-system precision-vaccines-program vaccine
NIH-funded i3 Center formed to advance cancer immunotherapy
Harvard’s Wyss Institute will collaborate with other institutions to form the i3 Center where cancer immunologists and biological engineers will develop new biomaterials-based approaches to enable anti-cancer immune-therapies for therapy-resistant cancers.
Benjamin BoettnerMarch 6, 2020 | harvard
~9 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research engineering harvard-john-a-paulson-school-of-engineering-and-applied-sciences-dana-farber-cancer-institute harvards-department-of-stem-cell-and-regenerative-biology i3-center immune-therapies immuno-engineering-to-improve-immunotherapy-i3-center therapy-resistant-cancers wyss-institute-of-biologically-inspired-engineering-at-harvard-university
How regulation can minimize online risk
Radcliffe researcher explores how to create a framework for the Internet of Things that minimizes risk and maximizes safety.
Colleen WalshFeb. 25, 2020 | harvard
~8 mins
Tags: science-technology artificial-intelligence engineering-technology fran-berman radcliffe-institute-for-advanced-study rensselaer-polytechnic-institute
How CRISPR technology is advancing
Fewer off-target edits and greater targeting scope bring gene editing technology closer to treating human diseases.
Caitlin McDermott-MurphyFeb. 14, 2020 | harvard
~7 mins
Tags: science-technology base-editing base-editors biotechnology-nature broad-institute caitlin-mcdermott-murphy cas9 chemistry chemistry-and-chemical-biology crispr david-liu dna gene-editing genetic-disease genetic-engineering genome rna sickle-cell-anemia
The story behind the mumps outbreaks of 2016-17
Studying the mumps virus genomes in 2016 and 2017 filled in gaps about how the disease was spreading in Massachusetts and elsewhere in the U.S.
Karen ZusiFeb. 11, 2020 | harvard
~8 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research broad-institute-of-mit-and-harvard engineering pardis-sabeti plos-biology viral-genomics
New evidence that shows how the brain makes decisions
New technology helps dissect how the brain ignores or acts on information
Caitlin McDermott-MurphyFeb. 7, 2020 | harvard
~5 mins
Tags: science-technology adam-cohen attention basic-research caitlin-mcdermott-murphy chemistry chemistry-and-chemical-biology electricity engineering-technology neurons neuroscience optogenetics physics science sensory-overload
Big step toward identifying all cancer-causing genetic mutations
An international team of 1,300 scientists has generated the most complete cancer genome map to date, bringing researchers closer to identifying all major cancer-causing genetic mutations.
Stephanie McPhersonFeb. 5, 2020 | harvard
~12 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research bioengineering broad-institute-of-mit-and-harvard cancer-genome-map cancer-causing-genetic-mutations engineering icgctcga-pan-cancer-analysis-of-whole-genomes-project pan-cancer-project whole-cancer-genomes
Study likens Earth’s evolution to creation of Frankenstein’s monster
The evolution of the first building blocks on Earth may have been messier than previously thought, likening it to the mishmash creation of Frankenstein’s monster.
Caitlin McDermott-MurphyJan. 28, 2020 | harvard
~4 mins
Tags: science-technology primordial-soup basic-research caitlin-mcdermott-murphy chemistry chemistry-and-chemical-biology dna engineering genetics jack-szostak origins-of-life prebiotic rna science seohyun-kim
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