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

Susumu Tonegawa
Faculty Spotlight

Susumu Tonegawa

Picower Professor of Biology and Neuroscience; Director, RIKEN-MIT Laboratory for Neural Circuit Genetics

Susumu Tonegawa investigates the biological underpinnings of learning and memory in rodents.

New findings activate a better understanding of Rett syndrome’s causes

Ragon faculty finds intricate functions of Resident Tissue Macrophages (RTM’s) extend beyond immune defense

Uncovering answers to longstanding questions about sex differences in autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases

News brief: Calo Lab

How early-stage cancer cells hide from the immune system

How phase separation is revolutionizing biology

What can super-healing species teach us about regeneration?

Protein production glitches in Huntington’s disease revealed