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Research Roundup for March: New Insights into Sepsis and Autism Spectrum Disorder

By mghresearch | Infectious Disease, Medicine, Research Roundup, Rheumatology & Immunology | 0 comment | 12 March, 2020 | 0

Research Roundup is a monthly column summarizing some recent research advances from Massachusetts General Hospital.

Close up of candida auris

How We Could Slow the Spread of Candida Auris and Other Drug-Resistant Superbugs

By mghresearch | Infectious Disease, Medicine | 0 comment | 4 June, 2019 | 0

While Candida auris may be getting all the headlines recently, the deadly fungus is one of many drug-resistant superbugs that infectious disease specialists have been fighting for years.

Researchers Find Immune Cells in the Gut May Affect the Speed of Your Metabolism

By Gloria Rosado | Cardiology, Gastroenterology, MGH Research Scholars | 0 comment | 28 March, 2019 | 0

Researchers from Mass General have found a connection between immune cells and metabolism that could contribute diseases such as obesity, diabetes and more.

From the Gut to the Brain: Exploring a New Pathway for the Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

By mghresearch | Alzheimer's Disease, Neurology | 1 comment | 14 March, 2019 | 0

A research project led by Massachusetts General Hospital’s Deepak Vijaya Kumar, PhD, will seek to untangle the connections between microbes in the gut and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

Snapshot of Science: Genetic Insights into Our Food Choices, New Diagnostic Device for Lymphoma and More

By MGH Research Institute | Gastroenterology, Genetics & Genomics, Neurology, Snapshot of Science | 0 comment | 21 August, 2018 | 0

What’s new in research at Mass General? Here’s a snapshot of studies recently published in top-tier scientific journals: Effect of folic acid on child brain development Have you ever noticed that everything from cereal to pasta to pancake mix has folic acid listed as an ingredient?  This is due to a government-mandated folic acid fortificationRead more

Mass General Researcher Maps the Connections Between Allergies and the Microbiome

By mghresearch | Gastroenterology, Rheumatology & Immunology | 1 comment | 4 May, 2018 | 0

Nitya Jain, PhD, a researcher at the MassGeneral Hospital for Children’s Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, is studying how changes in the bacterial population in the gut influence T cell development and how signals between the two systems drive this process.

Could the Microbiome be the Key to Ending Chemotherapy-Induced Pain?

By MGH Research Institute | Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Cancer, Gastroenterology | 0 comment | 6 November, 2017 | 0

Unfortunately, a third of cancer patients who receive chemotherapy encounter this as a side effect, a condition known as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). This neuropathy is a result of nerve damage or impairment of the nervous system and often is chronic.

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