Combining emergency medical services and vital statistics data, a new study led by researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine provides a...
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October 12, 2021
Unique research collaborative draws on public health and emergency medical services data and spatial epidemiological analyses to map opioid-related incidents, improve public health response in Lowell, Mass.
September 28, 2021
Schuler Access Initiative seeks to invest in ‘smart, capable, and ambitious’ students from families with low incomes
Tufts University has received a $25 million challenge grant from the Schuler Education Foundation, co-founded by Tufts alumni Jack Schuler and his...
September 7, 2021
Synthetic polymer membranes mimic the highly selective properties of biological cell membranes
A team of scientists at the Tufts University School of Engineering has developed a new filtering technology inspired by biology that could help...
August 23, 2021
Findings and limited data serve as “red flag” to increase transparency of food systems
A new study in Nature Food calls attention to the need for better systems to track forced labor in food supply chains. The study —...
August 23, 2021
Recognition of rhythmic patterns by zebra finches and other species may be linked to ability to learn and repeat vocalizations
If you have ever been moved by the beat of a drum or enchanted by a song, or if you have meandered through YouTube to watch animals from elephants...
August 18, 2021
The ongoing antidepressant and anti-anxiety benefits of brexanolone, a drug approved for the treatment of postpartum depression, for weeks after treatment may lie in how it alters oscillations in regions of the brain associated with mood
- Researchers find a mechanism that may explain the long-lasting effects of allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid used therapeutically to...
August 10, 2021
New study in JAMA also found kids and teens eat less unprocessed and minimally processed foods
The calories that children and adolescents consumed from ultraprocessed foods jumped from 61% to 67% of total caloric intake from 1999 to 2018,...