ARPA-H-funded cross-institutional Wyss-led ImPLANT project aims to develop liver grafts to help many of the over 500M patients with liver failure worldwide.

A first-in-human clinical trial of personalized, immunostimulatory biomaterial-based cancer vaccines demonstrates feasibility, safety, & immune activation in patients w/stage 4 metastatic melanoma. wyss.harvard.edu/news/first-i...

Noubar Afeyan, one of biotech’s top investors, says U.S. policy is "taking a sledgehammer to our miracle machine." www.statnews.com/2026/01/12/n...

For three decades with the Grateful Dead and three more after the group ended following the 1995 death of his bandmate Jerry Garcia, Weir helped build and sustain the band's legacy across generations. n.pr/4sB2wy2

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...

Cas13-powered cells could fight off various strains of flu—from the H1N1 (2009 swine flu pandemic) to H3N2 (current flu strain this winter). Not only that, but there seemed to be no unwanted consequences. www.wired.com/story/crispr...

Vaccines proved effective and safe to protect kids against disease and illness. But now federal health officials unilaterally changed the nation’s childhood vaccine schedule. “Our kids are going to die from some of these diseases that we have resources against.” www.statnews.com/2026/01/06/w...

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Good read about the thousands of reasons bikes are great for cities (and people). thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

It appears there is no holiday from the upheaval in the #HHS agencies. Yet another #NIH institute director appears to be on the verge of leaving, @jonathanwosen.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/2025/12/27/n...

Learn more about Wyss Founding Core Faculty member David J. Mooney in this 20-ish Questions video, which shows a different side of Wyss Institute faculty, touching on aspects of their personal life, hobbies, interests, as well as their research. @harvardseas.bsky.social.

Stories from the frontlines of Trump's attack on science: Follow-ups from a year of struggles in Part 8 of our series "American Science, Shattered." www.statnews.com/2025/12/11/a...

Harvard scientists published thousands of studies in 2025, advancing knowledge and discovering solutions in a time when research funding is uncertain. www.harvard.edu/in-focus/bre...

Learn how federal funds fuel life-saving innovations by following three Wyss projects from government grant to technology development to patient impact, powered by The Wyss Effect: core scientific breakthroughs that move science forward to create a positive impact for life on earth.

The destruction of the enterprise of US academic science has been one of the most confounding aspects of a hugely confounding year. My @statnews.com colleagues are writing about the consequences for individuals & the country. You want to read this series. www.statnews.com/american-sci...

We are thrilled to announce the appointment of three new Associate Faculty members: Ahmad (Mo) Khalil, Jarad Mason, and Chao-ting (Ting) Wu.

For the first time this century, the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday is projected to rise, according to a new study published by the Gates Foundation.

In this episode of Grow Everything, the hosts speak to Associate Faculty member Michael Levin about how cells make decisions without brains, store memories without DNA, and navigate anatomical space like we navigate physical space.

Congestion pricing in NYC has worked and has become popular. Cities like Boston should follow. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/05/o...

It’s not the fuel efficiency of these cars that’s the major concern, but the safety of those rear-facing seats. Loved them as a kid, the “backy back,” as my brother and I would call them, but no way would I put my kids back there (consumer choice)

Jim Collins (MIT & @wyssinstitute.bsky.social) is using generative AI to design new antibiotic molecules. Early candidates have shown ability to kill drug-resistant bacteria, including MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhea. It’s still early work, but promising. fastcompany.co.za/tech/2025-12...

Don Ingber’s team at the Wyss Institute is collaborating with researchers at the University of Newcastle, Australia, to develop a world-first stroke therapy. A new publication in Advanced Science demonstrates how their approach works.

New York Times article on science funding with some depressing but familiar curves with interactive graphics. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

America’s next wave of scientific talent may come from Lambert High School, where students used CRISPR to develop a promising new way to detect and treat Lyme disease. This Sunday, Bill Whitaker follows the students as they compete in a prestigious international science competition. 60Minutes.com

Gina Wang on having the NERVE to detect ALS... wyss.harvard.edu/news/humans-...

Fighting food waste seems like a good use of machine learning.

Did you know that Ellen Roche used to train for triathlons? Ellen Roche is an Associate Faculty member of the Wyss and the Latham Family Career Development Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the IMES at MIT. Learn more about her in this #Wyss20ishQs.

Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org

Gina Wang approaches baking the same way she approaches science. The difference is that, in her research, she doesn't have a recipe. She’s making a novel device that could be used to monitor the progression of, and one day diagnose, ALS. Learn more about Gina and her work in this month’s #HOWyss.

Why has the U.S. government historically awarded grants for fundamental research? While there’s no guarantee of immediate public benefit, crucial early-stage discoveries spawn developments that have real-world impact. Follow three projects from government grant to patient impact.

We've seen some remarkable outcomes in people with advanced, refractory cancers, including pancreatic, melanoma, and renal, with personalized neoantigen mRNA vaccines. But this work is now endangered. www.scientificamerican.com/article/pers...

"Delivering biologic drugs across the blood-brain barrier now seems achievable," explains Jim Gorman, Wyss Senior Director of Translational R&D and PI for the Brain Targeting Program. Learn more about this exciting program, its progress, and how you can get involved.

Wyss and @brighamandwomens.bsky.social researchers have developed a novel RNA therapy that overrides an immune-suppressive function in tumor cells to re-engage the immune system in complex tumors. @pnas.org

⚡ Breaking: FDA unveils new pathway for personalized therapies

Wyss Founding Director, Donald Ingber was featured in last night's episode of @60minutes.bsky.social as part of a segment on funding cuts to Harvard and science in general. Ingber, along with other Harvard faculty, spoke about how their potentially life-saving advances have been jeopardized.

On @60minutes.bsky.social, the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social's Don Ingber spoke about how shrinking federal research support risks American leadership in developing life-saving medical breakthroughs that could potentially save any one of us or our loved ones. www.cbsnews.com/video/federa...

Blood Clot Dx is a microfluidic chip device that can non-invasively monitor a patient’s blood for evidence of clotting in real time. The first application will be in patients with MPM, an aggressive lung cancer. Eventually, this could be used to detect blood clots in a variety of contexts.

President Trump has accused elite universities of liberal bias and antisemitism, threatening their federal research funding to pressure them to change. Harvard scientists say this could jeopardize their research into potentially life-saving advances in medicine. 60 Minutes, Sunday.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Learn more about our Sustainable Futures Initiative, our latest innovations, and how we're integrated into a larger ecosystem of supporters and collaborators to find innovative solutions to the crisis facing our planet.

Biologists long have been fascinated by the ability of salamanders to regrow entire limbs. Now Harvard researchers have solved part of the mystery of how they accomplish this feat — by activating stem cells throughout the body, not just at the injury site. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Wyss and @harvardseas.bsky.social researchers have developed a novel vaccine strategy to prevent the infection of implanted orthopedic devices.

⚠️ ALERT: Your November SNAP Payments may be delayed due to the federal government shutdown. Need food? The City of Boston is here to help. Visit boston.gov/SNAP for updates on local resources for you and your family. #ebt #snap #snapbenefits #Boston

Read about our Founding Donor Hansjörg Wyss' vision of spurring progress by investing in innovation that benefits humanity and supports the people and institutions driving it forward.

In honor of Bob Ross’ birthday, the @wyssinstitute.bsky.social posted a video of George Church doing a near perfect impression of Ross…painting a happy woolly mammoth. www.instagram.com/reel/DQZnoLe...

Last week, we published our 2025 Impact Report: A Force of Nature. We’re so proud to share the numerous advances our community has made over the last year. See how we're fulfilling our mission of transforming healthcare and the environment, and learn how you can get involved.

For microscopic worms, physical laws we seldom notice take on life-or-death importance

New @wyssinstitute.bsky.social study show how Organ Chips can be used to safely, effectively test next-generation CRISPR RNA therapies that target Influenza A strains. This treatment reduced viral load by more than 50%, significantly lowered inflammation. wyss.harvard.edu/news/human-o...

Congratulations to Chris Chen (BU and @wyssinstitute.bsky.social) on being elected to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the field’s highest honors. Chris’s work intersects engineering, biology, and medicine. wyss.harvard.edu/news/wyss-in...

Could a “smoke alarm” for airborne contaminants monitor and improve the quality of the air indoors? (Where Americans spend 90 percent of their time!) An interdisciplinary research team led by @linseymarr.bsky.social will create such a system that could cut respiratory illnesses by 25 percent. 👏