Safe Care CommitmentGet the latest news on COVID-19, the vaccine and care at Mass General.Learn more
Research at Massachusetts General Hospital includes multitude of hospital-wide centers, institutes and programs as well as collaborations with other institutions.
B cells create antibodies, and most produce antibodies in response to a pathogen or a vaccine. A small subset of B cells instead make antibodies that perform vital housekeeping functions. Understanding how epigenetics spur these differences is an important question in immunology.
During the development and progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a protein called tau accumulates and spreads in the brain. Understanding the mechanisms behind tau spread—and its consequences—may point to new prevention and treatment strategies for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
Regulatory T cells in the brain can be reprogrammed from guarding glioblastoma tumors to attacking them from within.
For the first time, researchers have shown how a key reproductive hormone suppresses follicle development and prevents ovulation in females.
New research points to a promising strategy to boost tumors’ intake of cancer drugs, thereby increasing the effectiveness of chemotherapy treatments.
The risk of psychiatric symptoms among pre-teen children was highest among those with multiple classes of prenatal exposures, such as unplanned pregnancy, substance use, or obstetrical complications.
