Investigators at the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have used magnetoencephalography (MEG) – a technology that measures brain activity by detecting the weak magnetic fields produced by the brain’s normal electrical currents – to measure levels of the iron-based mineral called magnetite in the human brain. While magnetite is known…
Maternal Fatty Acid Balance Affects Offspring Obesity Through Gut Microbial Population
State-of-the-Art HIV Drug Could Curb HIV Transmission, Improve Survival in India
Microfluidic Device Captures, Allows Analysis of Tumor-Specific Extracellular Vesicles
A new microfluidic device developed by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) may help realize the potential of tumor-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) – tiny lipid particles that carry molecules through the bloodstream – as biomarkers that could monitor a tumor’s response to therapy and provide detailed information to guide treatment choice. In their report published…
Molecular Pathway Offers Treatment Targets for Pulmonary Fibrosis, Other Conditions
Reported Penicillin Allergy Appears to Increase Risk of Surgical Infections
Software-Based System Improves the Ability to Determine the Cause of Ischemic Stroke
Study Confirms Vitamin D Protection Against Cold and Flu
Researchers Identify Initial Step Leading to Joint Inflammation in Arthritis
Using a novel approach for imaging the movement of immune cells in living animals, researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases (CIID) have identified what appear to be the initial steps leading to joint inflammation in a model of inflammatory arthritis. In their report published in Science Immunology they describe how expression of…
Digital Assay of Circulating Tumor Cells may Improve Diagnosis, Monitoring Of Liver Cancer
Bionic Pancreas System Successfully Controls Blood Sugar Without Risk of Hypoglycemia
Signaling Pathway Could Be Key to Improved Osteoporosis Treatment
Nanoprobe Tracks Alzheimer’s-associated Proteins in Living Cells
A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized nanoprobe developed by the Harvard/Rowland investigators to directly measure levels of key proteins within living, cultured cells. As described in the journal Nano Letters, the investigators used the device to track levels of the Alzheimer’s-disease-associated…
New Therapy May Lessen Post-heart-attack Inflammation
A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has identified a mechanism behind the surge in cardiovascular inflammation that takes place after a heart attack. Working with collaborators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the team also developed a potential strategy for suppressing inflammation within atherosclerotic plaques, the first approach that…