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    HMS researcher Rachel Wolfson studies how the brain receives signals from gastrointestinal organs

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    • HMS professor Rachel Wolfson began studying interoception as a neurobiology fellow at HMS. Now, she is continuing this work in her own lab, focusing on how our brains sense and interpret information coming from the gastrointestinal organs. https://t.co/SxVYqJ3VUR

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    David Liu, Breakthrough Prize winner, retraces the path to an “incredibly exciting” disease fighter: “This is the essence of basic science.”

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    • Breakthrough Prize recipient David Liu developed two new approaches to gene editing – base editing and prime editing – to help the millions of people worldwide who suffer from genetic diseases https://t.co/hZ3pC00gEo

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    Wyss Institute’s Don Ingber details rush to hold onto major projects, talented researchers — and system that has driven U.S. innovation .

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    • Don Ingber, the @WyssInstitute’s founding director, said a stop-work order targeted two of his organ-on-a-chip projects. He details the rush to hold onto the consequential projects, talented researchers — and system that has driven American innovation. https://t.co/IaIYxfHYgv

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    Over the course of twelve years, Brendon Paradis lost his eyesight to a disease with no name. Starting in his mid-20s, his symptoms puzzled one doctor after another, leaving him bouncing between specialists as his vision faded. By age 37, he was completely blind, and no one knew why. The answer finally came in 2019, when his young son, Keegan, received a diagnosis: ROSAH syndrome. Fewer than 70 people worldwide have been diagnosed with this inherited autoimmune disorder, which inflames the optic nerve,

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    • Since the Undiagnosed Diseases Network’s inception in 2014, researchers have discovered nearly 100 new conditions and diagnosed 855 individuals with previously unknown diseases. https://t.co/kfR7WyMTR0