What keeps us awake—and helps us fall asleep? The answer is complex, but involves what are called circadian rhythms, which are found in all...
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July 25, 2019 Large Image
Tufts researchers discover a gene necessary for maintenance of healthy sleep in fruit flies, which might help understand human sleep
July 25, 2019 Large Image
A Cummings School elective in honey bee medicine prepares veterinarians to work with beekeepers
As an assistant professor of large animal internal medicine at Cummings School,...
July 24, 2019 Large Image
The pill is the first known working device capable of non-invasively and accurately assessing the profile of bacterial species inhabiting any stage of the gastrointestinal tract
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (July 24, 2019) — A research team led by Tufts University engineers has developed a 3D printed ingestible pill that...
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Immunologist Caroline Genco looks to foster collaborations across the university
Caroline Genco, the Arthur E. Spiller Professor and chair of the Department of Immunology at Tufts University School of Medicine, will be the new...
July 22, 2019 Large Image
A morning at the Tufts clinic teaches kids on the spectrum what to expect
Many children have some degree of anxiety about the dentist. For kids who have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), that can be...