Tag: Lindsay Brownell

Nation & World
Human organ chips enable rapid drug repurposing for COVID-19

A Wyss Institute-led collaboration has used the institute’s organ-on-a-chip technology to identify the antimalarial drug amodiaquine as a potent inhibitor of infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

May 3, 2021

12 minutes
Nation & World
Turning the problem of cancer metastasis into an opportunity

Delivering immune-stimulating nanoparticles to the lungs via red blood cells halts tumor growth in mice.

November 16, 2020

8 minutes
Nation & World
Combination gene therapy treats age-related diseases

Wyss Institute, Harvard Medical School study offers hope for single genetic treatment for multiple age-related ills.

November 4, 2019

4 minutes