Posts by Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck
Meet Seven Mass General Brigham Researchers Working to Develop New Therapies and Treatments for Cancer
Learn more about their unique approaches to improving care for cancer patients.
Read MoreBehind the Complex Quest to Create Living Bacterial “Drugs” for Allergies, Infections and Chronic Disease
Researchers are using advanced technologies to better understand how bacteria interact in the gut and develop new therapies.
Read MoreHow One Doctor is Helping to Shift the Culture of Silence on Physician Mental Health
What happens when the culture that trains physicians to suppress emotions starts to affect their own well-being?
Read MoreHow Telehealth Is Helping to Connect Individuals Experiencing Homelessness to Crucial Health Services
Despite early concerns, pivoting to telehealth during the COVID-190 pandemic was effective for physicians and patients alike.
Read MoreHow a Scientist Followed Curiosity (and Love) to Build an Innovative Tool to Track Changes in the Gut Microbiome
Developed by scientists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, ChronoStrain is a cutting-edge tool that tracks changes in bacterial populations over time.
Read MoreWhy Do Symptoms Linger in Some People After an Infection? A Conversation on Post-Acute Infection Syndromes
Long COVID and ME/CFS are part of a growing group of post-infection illnesses affecting millions worldwide.
Read MoreWhy Do We Get Allergies? Mass General Brigham Scientist Explains the Surprising Science Behind the Itch
Despite how common they are, we still don’t fully understand why some people develop allergies while others don’t.
Read MoreFive Questions on Vitamins and Human Health that Mass General Brigham Researchers are Trying to Answer
Researchers are using science-backed methods to see what supplements are good for human health and which may not be effective.
Read MoreCongratulations to the 2025 Class of the Bridging Academia and Industry Education Program
The program seeks to create a shared culture of “innovation through collaboration” among investigators from academia and industry.
Read MoreFive Animal Superpowers that Researchers are Working to Adapt for Human Health
Finding ways to help humans mimic some of these animal superpowers could help scientists solve some of medicine’s biggest mysteries.
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