MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (January 06, 2020)— Scientists at Tufts University have identified a molecular mechanism that could reverse the genetic...
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The neurodegenerative disease is marked by an expansion of DNA triplet repeats; researchers pinpoint a mechanism for potentially reversing the expansion
December 30, 2019 Large Image
Physician scientist Eric Rubin, M90, GBS90, is the new top editor of the New England Journal of Medicine
Physician Eric Rubin, M90, GBS90, has a lot going on. He directs a prolific lab doing groundbreaking work on tuberculosis at the Harvard T.H. Chan...
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Tufts writers look back over the year and talk about the stories that meant the most to them
Tufts Now writers turn out a lot of stories in any given year. We asked them to talk about one story they wanted to revisit—and why it...
December 17, 2019 Large Image
Using methods common to plastics manufacturing, properties of silk-based devices can be tuned for strength, flexibility, molecular function and biodegradability.
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 16, 2019) — Researchers led by engineers at Tufts University have developed a novel, significantly more...
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The funding kick-starts T-TRIPODS Institute, a university initiative focused on broadening data science methods and how they apply to diverse fields
Tufts University has been awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a TRIPODS Institute, which will...