Brian Burns, Author at Bench Press

Rare Diseases Day: Q&A with a Mass General Investigator

By Brian Burns | February 29, 2024

Vanessa Merker,PhD, has spent her 14-year career at Mass General working to improve care for patients with schwannomatosis and NF2.

By Brian Burns | February 27, 2024

What started as an investigation into a rare skin disease led one researcher to new insights about kidney formation and function.

By Brian Burns | February 9, 2024

Stigmatizing language could be a barrier to liver transplant patients, Harvard Gazette highlights the MGRI image awards and lots more.

By Brian Burns | February 2, 2024

Researchers identify neurons that help predict what you’ll say before you speak, advancing liquid biopsies, the tweets of the week and more.

By Brian Burns | January 29, 2024

Paul Anderson, MD, PhD, Chief Academic Officer of Mass General Brigham, is working to support the system’s research and education missions.

By Brian Burns | January 26, 2024

Explaining how cell therapies work, a new research leader at the Benson-Henry Institute, the tweets of the week, how cults work and more.

By Brian Burns | January 19, 2024

Multivitamins help to protect cognitive health, exploring the connections between obesity and cancer risk, the tweets of the week & more.

By Brian Burns | January 18, 2024

Alcohol use and alcoholic liver disease is on the rise globally, and researchers at Mass General are looking for new ways to help.

By Brian Burns | January 12, 2024

New research into the connections between leisure-time exercise and heart health, pregnancy and stress plus the tweets of the week and more.

By Brian Burns | January 5, 2024

A genetic link between early risers and anorexia nervosa, bacteria that protect against Celiac disease, the tweets of the week and lots more.