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

Faculty Spotlight

Monty Krieger

Whitehead Professor of Molecular Genetics

Monty Krieger studies cell surface receptors and cholesterol and their impact on normal physiology and diseases, such as heart disease and infertility.

3 Questions: Phillip Sharp on the discoveries that enabled RNA vaccines for Covid-19

Human Disease

Faculty

Laurie A. Boyer

Eliezer Calo

Jianzhu Chen

Leonard P. Guarente

Michael T. Hemann

David Housman

Rudolf Jaenisch

Ankur Jain

Monty Krieger

Eric S. Lander

Jacqueline Lees

Harvey F. Lodish

David C. Page

Edward Scolnick

Hazel Sive

Stefani Spranger

Susumu Tonegawa

Jing-Ke Weng

Omer H. Yilmaz

Richard A. Young

Monty Krieger

3 Questions: Phillip Sharp on the discoveries that enabled RNA vaccines for Covid-19

Vaccine Booster

Two treatment methods enhance chemotherapy by the same means: cellular senescence

Aspiring physician explores the many levels of human health

Cancer researchers collaborate, target DNA damage repair pathways for cancer therapy

Type 1 diabetes from a beta cell’s perspective

These genes help explain how malaria parasites survive treatment with common drug

Covid-19 scientific leaders share expertise in new MIT class