Elizabeth Cooney

1 month ago | shorturl.at | Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk |Elizabeth Cooney |Megan Molteni

In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health is abruptly terminating millions of dollars in research awards to scientists in Massachusetts and around the country, citing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on funding anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender issues, or research that could potentially benefit universities in China.

Nov 18, 2024 | archive.is | Helen Branswell |Elizabeth Cooney |Bob Herman |Jonathan Berman

The genetic sequence of the H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a teenager in British Columbia shows that the virus had undergone mutational changes that would make it easier for that version of H5N1 to infect people, scientists who have studied the data say. There’s currently no evidence the teenager, who remains in critical condition in hospital, infected anyone else. If that’s the case, it is likely this mutated version of the virus would die out when the teen’s illness resolves.

Nov 18, 2024 | everand.com | Elizabeth Cooney

STAT+: Two drugs look promising for lipoprotein(a), a common genetic risk factor for heart disease At AHA, Phase 2 results from Eli Lilly and Silence Therapeutics are seen as signs of a "major new path" of cardiovascular therapy. CHICAGO — Lipoprotein(a) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease you may not hear about in your annual physical. Like LDL,

Jan 22, 2024 | everand.com | Elizabeth Cooney

STAT+: A Harvard course seeks to put food on the table in medical educationAs movements promoting food as medicine gain traction, many medical students want to know about nutrition more than their programs offer them.

Dec 28, 2023 | cell.com | Robert E. Jinkerson |Daniel Poveda-Huertes |Elizabeth Cooney |Anna Cho

Highlights•CHLCS is a multidomain enzyme that produces chlorophyll c in dinoflagellates•2OG dioxygenase domain is essential for chlorophyll c catalysis•Phylogeny reveals CHLCS evolution patterns in chlorophyll c-containing algae•CHLCS expression in plants results in chlorophyll c1 and c2 accumulationSummaryChlorophyll c is a key photosynthetic pigment that has been used historically to classify eukaryotic algae.