Tag: DFCI

  • Nation & World

    Cells recall the way they were

    Study in mice reveals that adult tissues retain a memory of which genes are activated during very early development, and that that memory can be recovered. Under certain conditions, adult cells play their developmental “movie” in a slow rewind, reactivating fetal genes. These findings have important implications for regenerative medicine and cancer research.

    4 minutes
    Illustration of sand forming DNA in hourglass.
  • Nation & World

    Understanding how the intestine replaces and repairs itself

    When working stem cells within the intestine are depleted, some types of mature cells can transform themselves into stem cells, replenishing the population.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Dialing down sickle cell disease

    Flipping a single molecular switch can reverse illness in an animal model of sickle cell disease, according to a study by Harvard researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

    5 minutes