Tufts Faculty Member Takes the Helm at ACR
William F. Harvey, MD, MSc, FACR, Named 89th President of the American College of Rheumatology.
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What Happens When Neighborhood Pharmacies Close
School of Medicine experts explain pharmacy deserts and how consumers are impacted by thousands of shuttered drugstore locations.
Gut Microbiome Affects Alcohol Preference by Influencing Brain’s Reward System
Scientists discover that Candida albicans, overly abundant in people with alcohol use disorder, triggers immune response that alters dopamine signaling in mice.
A ‘Flight Simulator’ for the Brain Reveals How We Learn—and Why Minds Sometimes Go Off Course
New computer model helps reveal how the brain both adapts and misfires, laying the groundwork for more precise treatments for mental health disorders.
Uniting the Best Minds to Understand How the Brain Works
In Chris Dulla's lab, scientists focus on what causes epilepsy and how to develop new treatments.
What a Respiratory System Expert Wants You to Know About Asthma
From misdiagnoses to new treatments, a School of Medicine expert offers a crash course on the inflammatory disease.
Breaking Down the Layers of the Immune System
A look at how the body’s multi-pronged defenses work, plus advice from an immunologist on how to strengthen them.
Immune Molecule Long Tied to Inflammation May Benefit the Aging Brain
Study shows that STING, a molecule that some experimental drugs seek to block, may actually help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s-like decline.
New AI Tool Reveals How Drugs Kill Tuberculosis
Tufts researchers’ approach uncovers how TB treatments can best work together at the cellular level to speed better cures.