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Guo-fu Hu, PhD, MORI Prinicipal Investigator at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Tufts Medical Center researchers find new functions of blood cell protein in transplantation.

Blood cell protein function in transplantation
A drawing of molecular medicine for Tufts Medical Center in downtown Boston, MA.

Tufts Medical Center lab finds gene therapy can stop harmful antibody production.

Gene therapy can stop harmful antibody
Hannah Lee, MD and a co-worker in gastroenterology reviewing a patient chart at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

New research from Tufts MC: Quality measures may not correlate with quality care.

Quality Measures and quality care
Administrator at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

A new Tufts Medical Center study shows that a phone intervention helps workers with depression.

Intervention Helps Workers with Depression
Research equipment at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

New study: Many diabetes patients with multiple comorbidities don’t get the best possible care

Diabetes comorbidities
Image of fetus.

Tufts MC study shows salivary biomarkers predict readiness to feed by mouth in premature babies.

Biomarkers predict readiness to feed
Dr. Diana Bianchi at Tufts Medical Center in Boston giving a speech at the Mayo Clinic.

Watch Dr. Diana Bianchi's speech on genomic research at the Individualizing Medicine Conference 2014 at the Mayo Clinic.

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A nurse and her patient at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Tufts Medical Center and ATON Partners Announce Formation of CereVasc, LLC.

CereVasc LLC Formation
A researcher at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Fetal MRI research may lead to prenatal treatment for Down syndrome.

Prenatal treament for Down syndrome
Harry Selker, MD, a researcher at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Tufts Medical Center Approved for a Funding Award by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Funding Award by PCORI
Image of fetus.

Antidepressants during pregnancy linked to preterm birth.

Depression and preterm birth
The outside of the Tufts Medical Center main building.

Expanded Health Insurance in Massachusetts did not lead to more insurance "churn"

Karen Freund health reform
Anastassios Pittas, MD an endocrinologist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Researching link between vitamin D and diabetes

Researching link between vitamin D and diabetes - Read More
Diana Bianchi, MD is the Executive Director of the Mother Infant Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA.

Study shows non-invasive prenatal DNA tests more accurate than current screenings.

Accuracy in Prenatal DNA tests
Ophthalmology research at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

The eyes have it: The latest evidence supporting AMD and DME treatments.

The eyes have it: The latest evidence supporting AMD and DME treatments. - Read More
Joel Weinstock, MD, Chief of Gastroenterology at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Weinstock uses parasites to make advances in inflammatory bowel disease

Weinstock uses parasites to make advances in inflammatory bowel disease - Read More
ChenChen Wang, PhD, a researcher at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Bringing knee osteoarthritis research into clinical practice.

Bringing knee osteoarthritis research into clinical practice. - Read More
A researcher at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Tufts Medical Center’s ORBIT Office brings research to the marketplace

Tufts Medical Center’s ORBIT Office brings research to the marketplace - Read More
A researcher at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Floating Hospital expands the number of its pediatric clinical trials.

Floating Hospital expands the number of its pediatric clinical trials. - Read More
A nephrology nurse and her patient at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Tufts Medical Center researchers are finding new treatments for kidney disease.

Tufts Medical Center researchers are finding new treatments for kidney disease. - Read More
A baby in the NICU at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

New research provides hope for babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome.

Read how newborns with addictions are being helped
Stephen Pauker, MD a clinical decision making specialist at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

Physicians author book on clinical reasoning

Physicians author book on clinical reasoning - Read More
A researcher at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

A new wave of physician-scientists discover new research.

A new wave of physician-scientists discover new research. - Read More

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