Life Science

Looking back on eight years of the startup incubator—and looking ahead to its next chapter

The 2026 recipients stood out in one of the country’s most rigorous graduate fellowship competitions

The prestigious award recognizes two juniors for their promise as scientific researchers

New Tufts University School of Medicine studies reveal how Clostridioides difficile behaves inside the body

Scientists use microbes in bread dough to test a simple way to understand how species live together in nature

The program gives high school students interested in medicine a chance to find the right professional path for themselves

Cancer cells may rely heavily on backup mechanisms of DNA repair, presenting a vulnerability for targeted treatments

Students baked bread and brewed kombucha in a recent ExCollege class taught by two chemical engineers

When cells assemble into tiny biological robots called Anthrobots, they become biologically younger than their original adult cells

Tufts researchers explain how they’re pushing the boundaries of stroke science to improve patients’ lives