Researchers investigate autism spectrum disorder genes

Scientists applied the “Perturb-Seq” method to study dozens of genes that are associated with autism spectrum disorder, identifying how specific cell types in the developing mouse brain are impacted by mutations.

Jessica Lau • harvard
Dec. 2, 2020 ~6 min

Summit to take wide-ranging look at factors of race, stigma, policy, and the lived experience of patients

A conference sponsored by Harvard and the University of Michigan will examine the role that stigma plays in the nation’s opioid crisis and ways it slows and alters responses.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 8, 2019 ~12 min


Seeds of HubWeek, Oct. 1-3, continue to grow in Greater Boston

HubWeek fall festival takes place Oct. 1‒3 in Boston’s Seaport District.

Thomas E. Mills • harvard
Sept. 27, 2019 ~3 min

Study: Capping medical residents’ hours doesn’t hurt quality of care

Hours of medical residents were capped at 80 per week in 2003 after a string of patient injuries and deaths, spurring fears that doctors-in-training would be less prepared for independent practice than before. A new study suggests their warnings were largely unjustified.

Jake Miller • harvard
July 11, 2019 ~5 min

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