MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Jan. 7, 2020)—The Medford High School Mustangs and Somerville High School Highlanders girls and boys basketball teams...
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January 7, 2020
Mustangs and Highlanders tip off in doubleheader at Tufts University on Sunday, Jan. 19, for right to take home Tufts Classic trophy; donations will be collected for area food banks
January 6, 2020
The neurodegenerative disease is marked by an expansion of DNA triplet repeats; researchers pinpoint a mechanism for potentially reversing the expansion
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (January 06, 2020)— Scientists at Tufts University have identified a molecular mechanism that could reverse the genetic...
December 17, 2019
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...
November 7, 2019
At an estimated $2.84 per day, the cost of diet for human and environmental health exceeds daily per capita income in many low-income countries
BOSTON and WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 7, 2019, 6:30 p.m. EST)—A diet meant to improve both human and planetary health would be unaffordable for at...
November 4, 2019
Biannual exhibition featuring SMFA at Tufts students and recent alumni represents first in new collaborative series between school and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
BOSTON and MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Nov. 4, 2019)—Dynamic work from four recent graduates of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at...
November 1, 2019
Pancreatic beta cells “switched on” by light are engineered to enhance production of insulin in response to glucose levels
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (November 1, 2019) —Tufts University researchers have transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice,...
October 21, 2019
Cultured meat could reduce resources required in meat production, with a smaller environmental footprint relative to animal farming
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE Mass. (October 21, 2019)—A team of Tufts University-led researchers exploring the development of cultured meat found that the...