Shadmehr (Shawn) Demehri, MD, PhD, of the Department of Dermatology and Center for Cancer Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cancer Cell, “Commensal papillomavirus immunity preserves the homeostasis of highly mutated normal skin.”
Dan G. Duda, DMD, PhD, of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology and Department of Radiation Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cancer Immunology Research, “Combination CXCR4 and PD1 Blockade Enhances Intratumoral Dendritic Cell Activation and Immune Responses Against Hepatocellular Carcinoma.”
Alicia-Huerta, Miriam Udler and Josep M Mercader, Investigators at the Diabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and colleagues are lead and senior authors of a recently published paper in Nature Genetics, Rare variant analyses in 51,256 type 2 diabetes cases and 370,487 controls reveal the pathogenicity spectrum of monogenic diabetes genes
Researchers work to understand how cells sense and respond to nutrients.
The findings indicate that concentrated physical activity patterns may be just as effective for disease prevention as patterns where exercise is spread out throughout the week.
Researchers demonstrated the equivalence of the effect of delivering early palliative care via video versus in-person visits on quality of life in patients with advanced lung cancer.
Cytisine, a plant-based medication, has been used to treat tobacco dependence for decades in other countries.
Peter Masiakos, MD, director of Pediatric Trauma Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, co-director of the MGH Gun Violence Prevention Center and associate professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, is the lead author of a recent perspective in the NEJM, Transforming Narratives of Gun Violence
Researchers provide some of the largest and most comprehensive evidence to date demonstrating that proteomic aging is common biological signature related to numerous age-related functional traits, morbidities, and mortality.
A novel educational program for clinicians provided a foundation about climate change and the impact of fossil fuel-related pollution on individual health, and how healthcare systems contribute to carbon pollution and can address these challenges.
Mass General offers specialized residencies and fellowships in each of our multidisciplinary care centers and clinical departments, as well as observerships, clerkships and continuing medical education.
