What Happens to Aging Minds
Friday, October 27th, 2023
Researchers investigate how we can keep our brains healthy as we age, focusing on information retrieval, stereotypes and memory, and how nutrition might offset Alzheimer’s disease
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Babesiosis: What to Know about this Tick-Borne Disease
Friday, October 27th, 2023
Lyme disease isn’t the only illness a bite from a deer tick can cause. Tufts experts explain more about babesiosis, which is on the rise in the U.S.
Exploring the Link Between Racism and Ill Health
Friday, October 27th, 2023
Tufts psychology researchers get $2.7 million to map the pathways between experiencing racism-induced stress and developing disease
Hybrid Transistors with Silk Protein Set the Stage for Integration of Biology and Microelectronics
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
Researchers create microprocessor-scale transistors that can detect and respond to biological states and the environment
The Two-Way Relationship Between Nutrition and Aging
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
What we eat affects how we age; aging affects our nutritional needs. Understanding how is key to better health as we get older, say Tufts experts
Human-Animal Interaction Advocate
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
Megan Mueller, Ph.D., researches and practices how humans and animals benefit from their interactions and companionship
Tips to Protect Long-Term Brain Health
Friday, October 6th, 2023
Emerging research is adding to our knowledge of how lifestyle choices can help prevent and slow the progression of cognitive decline as we age
What Happens to our Cardiovascular System as We Age?
Friday, October 6th, 2023
Researchers from across the university explain how our heart and arteries change as we get older and why women and men have different rates of cardiovascular disease
Silk Provides the Building Blocks to Transform Modern Medicine
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Tufts researchers harness protein from silk to make virus-sensing gloves, surgical screws that dissolve in your body, and other next-generation biomedical materials
$7 Million in New Grants Propel Tufts Lyme Research to Next Level
Friday, September 29th, 2023
Researchers across the university are attacking the disease from all angles and will use the funding to identify better ways to prevent, track, and treat Lyme and its long-term consequences
