Genetics

Genetics

Kevin Clark Named a Beckman Young Investigator

The award will fund his lab’s research into detecting and understanding RNA modifications and their role in brain health

June 20, 2024

Biomedical Science

Tufts Ranks in Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023

Ranking reflects innovative research led by faculty across the university

June 4, 2024

three trees shaped like heads, one with red leaves that are halfway gone, one with yellow leaves that are mostly there, and one with green leaves that are all there

Aging

The Biology of Growing Older

A Tufts DNA researcher explains today’s top theories as to why we age

October 5, 2023

A Tyrannosaurus rex chases a jeep up a hill in the dark. In an introductory class on biotechnology, an engineering professor illustrates the latest science by referring back to classic sci-fi films

Biomedical Science

When the Syllabus Includes “Jurassic Park” and Genetic Engineering

An engineering professor illustrates the latest science by referring back to classic sci-fi films for an introductory class on biotechnology

August 29, 2023

A father holds his infant son in the baby's nursery

Genetics

Do Children Inherit Parents’ Stressful Experiences?

Tufts School of Medicine researcher Larry Feig is enrolling participants in a study with Boston IVF to see if the effects of men’s positive or negative...

June 26, 2023

Genetics

Meet Aidan Burn, GBS23

School: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Degree: Ph.D. in Genetics Home: I’m from New Jersey, but I think of Boston as my home now.

May 1, 2023

Genetics

Meet Uma Arora, GBS23

School: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Degree: Ph.D. in Mammalian Genetics Home: At this point, I feel like I’m half-American and half-Indian, but home...

May 1, 2023

Genetics

How DNA from Ancient Pandemics Plays a Role in Human Disease and Development

Researchers from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences found that these retroviruses make up about 8% of the human genome.

October 19, 2022

Sheldon Krimsky in his Tufts office. The Lenore Stern Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Krimsky taught at the university for more than 47 years

Science & Technology

Remembering Sheldon Krimsky, Longtime Tufts Professor

The Lenore Stern Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, he taught at the university for more than 47 years, focusing on the links between science...

April 28, 2022

An illustration of a particle surrounded by proteins. Tufts engineers create nanoparticles that deliver a gene treatment capable of reversing a rare lung disease in preclinical models

Genetics

Targeting Gene Therapy Directly into the Lungs

Researchers are able to greatly reduce tumors of a rare genetic lung disease using tiny lipid-based nanoparticles in a preclinical model

February 22, 2022

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Kevin Clark Named a Beckman Young Investigator

Tufts Ranks in Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2023

The Biology of Growing Older

When the Syllabus Includes “Jurassic Park” and Genetic Engineering

Do Children Inherit Parents’ Stressful Experiences?

Meet Aidan Burn, GBS23

Meet Uma Arora, GBS23

How DNA from Ancient Pandemics Plays a Role in Human Disease and Development

Remembering Sheldon Krimsky, Longtime Tufts Professor

Targeting Gene Therapy Directly into the Lungs

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Schools

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