News 06.30.2023 New image-based cellular profiling tool peers deeply into metabolic biology LipocyteProfiler captures disease-relevant phenotypes in an inexpensive microscopy assay Imaging Platform Metabolism Program Connecting variants to functions Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Obesity Heart Disease Image-Based Profiling Read more
News 05.25.2023 Study finds how a genetic variant raises diabetes risk through an unexpected mechanism The variant contributes to a unique form of diabetes by reducing fat cells' ability to store fat and respond to insulin Metabolism Program Diabetes Connecting variants to functions Read more
News 04.18.2023 Systematic study of free fatty acids reveals new roles in metabolic diseases Researchers have developed a technology, FALCON, to analyze the effects of free fatty acids in any cell type, and found type 2 diabetes genes that may further boost diabetes risk when cells are in a high-fat environment. Diabetes Obesity Read more
Blog 11.14.2022 #WhyIScience Q&A: An endocrinologist and clinical researcher explores how racism and other social factors affect patients with type 2 diabetes Sara Jane Cromer talks about the importance of including social determinants of health in research. Diabetes Read more
News 09.19.2022 Broad Discovery Center in Cambridge opens to the public this October Visitors are invited to explore galleries highlighting key discoveries and transformative insights in biomedicine. Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics NeuroGap Precision Cardiology Laboratory Cancer Program Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science Program Genetic Perturbation Program Imaging Platform Medical and Population Genetics Program Metabolism Program Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program ... Read more
News 03.16.2022 Researchers catalog white fat cell types present in mice and in humans Cellular atlas will provide an important resource for translational research into human metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes Diabetes Obesity Single cell genomics Gene-Expression Profiling Single Cell Read more
News 10.30.2020 The Common Metabolic Diseases Knowledge Portal comes online A project of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership, the portal brings genetic and computational data on five diseases together in one place Diabetes Aggregating and harmonizing data Creating tools to generate data insights Read more
Profile 10.28.2019 #WhyIScienceQ&A: Why I switched from experimental to computational biology Diabetes genetics researcher Josep Mercader talks about the benefits and challenges of a career analyzing large and diverse datasets. Metabolism Program Diabetes Read more
News 09.19.2019 Genetic predisposition unveiled in diabetic kidney disease Researchers have found 16 new regions in the human genome that are associated with a leading complication of diabetes and point to a possible cause. Metabolism Program Diabetes Kidney Disease Read more
News 04.18.2019 Calculating genetic risk for obesity Powerful new tool may enable new opportunities for biological understanding and clinical interventions Medical and Population Genetics Program Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Obesity Heart Disease Sekar Kathiresan News and Media Read more