Two years after receiving a grant from the nonprofit Hyundai Hope on Wheels, Jason Shohet, MD, PhD, has received a new, two-year $300,000 Scholar Hope Grant to focus on overcoming drug resistance in treatments for neuroblastoma, a deadly cancer in children that affects the peripheral nervous system.

Katherine Luzuriaga, MD
Katherine Luzuriaga, MD

UMass Chan Medical School researchers are embarking on a clinical trial of an mRNA vaccine by Moderna against the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a common cause of infectious mononucleosis. EBV has also been associated with several autoimmune disorders and has been implicated in the development of several cancers, including Burkitt and Hodgkin’s lymphomas.

AMHERST, Mass. – Women vaccinated against COVID-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research.

The study, published in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, measured the immune response to the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine in both breast milk and the stools of breastfed infants.

Secretary for Energy and Environmental Affairs Kathleen Theoharides, third from left, poses with UMass Lowell's, from left, Dan Abrahamson, Ruairi O'Mahony, Julie Chen, Steve O'Riordan, Thomas Miliano and T.J.
Mechanical engineering major Max Prescott stands in front of entrance of Rist Urban Agriculture Farm
Mechanical engineering major Max Prescott has been putting the solar-powered Tertill garden weeding robot to the test at the Rist Urban Agriculture Farm on East Campus.

On a sunny Friday afternoon in early December, mechanical engineering major Max Prescott takes notes as he watche

Students gather around the "Ethics and Information Quality" station hosted by Assoc. Prof. of Accounting Karen Lin, right, during Ethics Fest at University Crossing.
Students gather around the "Ethics and Information Quality" station hosted by Assoc. Prof.

 

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh in the Fluid-Structure Interactions Research Laboratory
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh in the Fluid-Structure Interactions Research Laboratory

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UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark A. Fuller and Helena Margarida Moreira de Oliveira Vieira, Director-General of Maritime Policy for Portugal sign the Memorandum of Understanding
UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Mark A.
Biomedical engineering alumna Molly Shutt '21, left, speaks with students about her work at RevBio during the 'Student Intern and Employer Mashup' at M2D2's 110 Canal St. location in Lowell.
Biomedical engineering alumna Molly Shutt '21, left, speaks with students about her work at RevBio during the 'Student Intern and Employer Mashup' at M2D2's 110 Canal St.
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