Smart Microbes Use Pathogenic Tools to Deliver Therapeutics
A physician-scientist modifies bacteria to secrete beneficial proteins that could help people with inflammatory bowel disease.
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Challenging the Gold Standard: Tufts Professor Reframes Medical Evidence in New Book
In "Uncertainty and Explanation in Medicine and the Health Sciences," Tufts professor calls for a broader, more realistic approach to evaluating health interventions.
Mapping the Future of Lyme Disease Research
Blending lived experience with research leadership, Brenda Rosario Perez helps direct a groundbreaking, multi-site Lyme disease study at TUSM.
Tufts Researchers Develop Innovative Model To Study Sense of Smell
A new study suggests that stem cells thought to be dormant may offer clues to why our sense of smell declines or is lost.
Uncovering Key Genetic Mechanisms in Fat Cell Development
Tufts scientists decode the RNA signals that decide whether fat stores or burns energy.
Raissa Li Receives 2024 Rosalind Franklin Society Award in Science
MD student Raissa's report on a rare pediatric surgical case receives national recognition from the Rosalind Franklin Society and Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
From Childhood Fear to Scientific Frontier: A Postdoc’s Journey Through Lyme Disease Research
Growing up in tick country led Dr. Jeffrey Bourgeois to a postdoc at Tufts and a future as an independent Lyme disease researcher aiming to break the cycle of transmission.
The Big Stroke Questions Scientists Are Trying to Answer
Tufts researchers explain how they’re pushing the boundaries of stroke science to improve patients’ lives.
A Transformative Leader for a New Era of Research at Tufts
Dr. Iris Jaffe appointed inaugural director of the Tufts University–Tufts Medicine Research Enterprise.