Professor Ehud Gazit Elected Fellow of the US National Academy of Inventors
Prof. Ehud Gazit of Tel Aviv University was recently elected as a Fellow of the United States National Academy of Inventors (NIA). The appointment to the rank of NIA Fellow…
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New Research Points Way to a Reverse Aging. But Don’t Expect a Miracle Drug Anytime Soon
“We think the various causes of aging may be addressable with a single treatment to reset the cell," said Harvard scientist David Sinclair, the paper's senior author. “So in the…
‘Ebola Could Have Wiped Us All’: Slow Lockdown Haunts Uganda
Vaccines exist to prevent Ebola, but there is no approved vaccine or drug treatment for the Sudan strain of the virus, which caused the recent outbreak in Uganda. A clinical…
Sabin Vaccine Institute Delivers Ebola Sudan Vaccine to Fight Outbreak in Uganda
Sabin Vaccine Institute is the first organization to provide the World Health Organization (WHO) its Ebola Sudan vaccine to help with the Ebola Sudan outbreak in Uganda. Approximately 1,100 doses…
PhD student’s software makes science cheaper, faster and greener
Scientists can try combinations of up to 30,000 atoms and see them interacting in a 3D model. Molydyn’s founder Matt Bone believes transferring work from the lab to the computer…
Harvard launches a new incubator for biotech startups
The Blavatnik Life Lab, a 10,000-square-foot laboratory co-working space in the Longwood Medical Area, will formally launch later this week with its first cohort of five startups. Unlike the technology-focused…
Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood
Years of dreams and plans came to fruition in October when the School opened a collaborative space for early-stage, high-potential biotechnology and life sciences start-ups with either Harvard or HMS…
Two A&S postdocs receive Blavatnik awards in physics, chemistry
Xiaolong Liu, a postdoctoral researcher in physics, and Wen Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in chemistry, both in the College of Arts and Sciences, have received 2022 Blavatnik Regional Awards for…
Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood Opens
Those who gathered on Thursday, Oct. 27, for the grand opening of the Blavatnik Harvard Life Lab Longwood were there not just to admire a new state-of-the art research facility but…
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