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

Rudolf Jaenisch
Faculty Spotlight

Rudolf Jaenisch

Professor of Biology; Core Member, Whitehead Institute; Member, Institute of Medicine

Rudolf Jaenisch uses pluripotent cells (ES and iPS cells) to study the genetic and epigenetic basis of human diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism and cancer.

Helping the immune system attack tumors

Taking the pulse of sex differences in the heart

AI model deciphers the code in proteins that tells them where to go

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