Hope against disease targeting children September 24, 2015... Read more about Hope against disease targeting children
'Achilles' heel' of sickle cell disease? September 17, 2015 Researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood... Read more about 'Achilles' heel' of sickle cell disease?
Sternlicht Director's Fund Fellowship 2015 August 28, 2015... Read more about Sternlicht Director's Fund Fellowship 2015
Charles H. Hood Foundation Grants August 21, 2015... Read more about Charles H. Hood Foundation Grants
Developing a hydrogel to treat inflammatory bowel disease August 12, 2015 Hydrogel fibers (pictured above) deliver treatment to inflamed tissue. Photo courtesy of... Read more about Developing a hydrogel to treat inflammatory bowel disease
New model for studying muscular dystrophy August 3, 2015 Researchers have been able to grow differentiated muscle fibers (green) in the lab. Nuclei shown in blue. Image courtesy of Olivier Pourquie.... Read more about New model for studying muscular dystrophy
Researchers resurrect ancient viruses in hopes of improving gene therapy July 30, 2015 The Anc80 virus delivered genes to the mouse retina that fluoresce green when expressed. Pictured here,... Read more about Researchers resurrect ancient viruses in hopes of improving gene therapy
Zebrafish reveal drugs that may improve bone marrow transplant July 22, 2015Compounds boost stem cell engraftment; could allow more matches for patients with cancer and blood diseases By Nancy Fliesler Boston Children’s Hospital Using large-scale zebrafish drug-screening models,... Read more about Zebrafish reveal drugs that may improve bone marrow transplant
Gene Therapy to Germline Editing: Promises, Challenges, Ethics June 23, 2015 Read more about Gene Therapy to Germline Editing: Promises, Challenges, Ethics
After a heart attack June 16, 2015Above, the CCR2- blood stem cell (green) is positioned closer to bone (blue) compared to the rare CCR2+ blood stem cells (white). Generally, cells closer to the bone are more likely... Read more about After a heart attack
New model for in vitro production of human brown fat cells lays groundwork for obesity, diabetes cell therapyFriday, September 22, 2023