Help for the Most Helpless
A new app seeks to aid a growing number of drug-exposed newborns.
Research News
Finding the Brain Pathway to Obesity
A new study reveals how leptin affects both weight gain and diabetes.
Taking on TB
Bree Aldridge is no traditional microbiologist—she’s a bioengineer by training, with talents for intense computational modeling and mathematics that have already helped her break at least one new paradigm in the TB field.
New Hope for Postpartum Depression
For women with postpartum depression—by some estimates, nearly one in five new mothers—the recent announcement of positive results in clinical trials of a drug to help alleviate their symptoms was welcome news.
Keeping Tabs on Hypertension
An innovative wearable device puts Tufts on the front lines in fighting high blood pressure.
Gender Affects Gene Expression in Gonorrhea Infection
Caroline Genco and her team identify gender-specific signatures in gonorrhea-infected men and women.
A Cancer Clue?
Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine, led by Dominique Michaud, professor of public health and community medicine, have found a positive association between severe gum disease and an increased risk of cancer.
When the nose doesn’t know: Can loss of smell be repaired?
Tufts researchers provide insight on Yamanaka factors and use of stem cells to address loss of smell in mouse study
Identifying Hepatitis C Hotspots
Tom Stopka, PhD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Public Health & Community Medicine at TUSM, uses an innovative analysis combining geographic information systems, spatial epidemiology, and statistical modeling to identify Hepatitis C hotspots.