2013 OUR EXPERTS
- Archives -A long shot pays off

After others said it was impossible, Jeanne Lawrence, PhD, silenced the extra chromosome in Down syndrome in the lab.
‘Functional’ HIV cure offers real hope

Katherine Luzuriaga, MD, says ‘functional’ cure of HIV in infants may transform treatment of a still-deadly disease.
Different approaches, similar determination: Two UMMS researchers rock the scientific world

Reports of two scientific breakthroughs by UMass Medical School researchers and their colleagues continue to make international headlines, one involving a “functional” cure of a HIV-positive baby, and the other offering hope that the extra chromosome responsible for Down syndrome might be silenced. These are explored in stories published in December in the 2013 annual report edition of UMass Med Magazine.
UMMS autism expert says new eye tracking research ‘an important indicator’

Autism researcher Teresa Mitchell, PhD, comments on a recent study that found autism spectrum disorder indicators might begin to show up in infants as young as 2 months old.