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Five Things to Know: How a Shift From Treatment to Prevention Could Reduce the Impact of Neurological Diseases
An new approach approach that prioritizes maintaining lifelong brain health could prevent the onset of stroke, dementia and other diseases.
Image Shows How Nasal Foralumab Reduces Brain Inflammation in Patient with Alzheimer’s Disease
Visualizing brain inflammation is a groundbreaking technique that researchers can use to accelerate drug development for neurological diseases.
Researchers Unlock a Possible Non-Surgical Treatment Pathway for Degenerative Spinal Disease
Using a custom bioreactor to mimic spinal compression, researchers identified a potential pathway to prevent the stiffening and thickening of spinal ligaments.
Five Things to Know: What’s Next in Research and Treatment for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
While ADHD is increasingly recognized and diagnosed in childhood, it is a lifelong condition that can present different challenges in adults.
Claflin Distinguished Honor Awards Help Mass General Researchers at a Crucial Juncture of Career and Family
The awards provide investigators with $60,000 for two years to assist in maintaining their research efforts while caring for a young family.
Five 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.
Nutrition Dark Matter, Ultraprocessed Foods and the Chemical Complexity of What We Eat
Nutrition Dark Matter (NDM) refers to the 139,000+ untracked compounds in food that go beyond calories and vitamins.
Uncovering the Complexities of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Conversation with Maria G Fraire, PhD
Researchers at McLean Hospital analyzed patient data to create more effective treatment for childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
Race to Save a Life: How an Act of Collaboration Led to a Bespoke Gene Therapy Treatment
Researchers know that a small act of generosity can have a big ripple effect.
2025 Celebration of Science Poster of Distinction Winners: Meet the Edlow Lab Team
In this Q&A, you’ll meet (pictured above, from left) Josh Remland, Oscar Jimenez and Sophia Feinerman, clinical research coordinators and research technicians in the lab of Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc at Massachusetts General Hospital, where they study maternal/fetal immunity. When not biopsying placentas and processing cord blood, Sophia, Josh and Oscar are likely drinking lattes
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