Human Disease

Human Disease

developmental disorders • cancer • atherosclerosis and heart disease • neuromuscular diseases • disease genes • genetic pathways of disease • etiology of disease • disease models • assay development • genomics • gene-function-pathology relationships

Hernandez Moura Silva
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Hernandez Moura Silva

Assistant Professor of Biology; Core Member, Ragon Institute

Hernandez Moura Silva seeks to understand how the immune system supports tissue physiology to unveil new approaches to treat human diseases.

Cellular interactions help explain vascular complications due to COVID-19 virus infection

Cellular traffic congestion in chronic diseases suggests new therapeutic targets

A blueprint for better cancer immunotherapies

Bat cells possess a unique antiviral mechanism, preventing the SARS-CoV-2 virus from taking control

Establishing boundaries of the genetic kind

Brain cell types are affected differently by Rett Syndrome mutation

Whitehead Institute researchers uncover a new clue toward understanding the molecular basis of Parkinson’s disease

Study reveals the benefits and downside of fasting