We’ve known for decades that our chromosomes can break and reshuffle, especially in cancer cells. We also see this process, called translocation, in naïve B cells when they start to produce antibodies for the first time: the cell breaks, shuffles and r... »
A doctor aims to change medicine and improve our health by writing songs. Continue reading → »
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In a step toward understanding the remarkable navigational prowess of monarch butterflies, scientists from the University of Massachusetts Medical School have sequenced the genome of an insect that each fall flits on gossamer wings from the eastern Uni... »
Researchers plan a clinical trial next year for Tay-Sachs Disease, a rare but deadly genetic disease. Continue reading → »
Mark Klempner is now executive vice chancellor for the UMass Biologics Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. The lab manufactures vaccines and other products. Klempner will work out of the lab's Mattapan location.... »
