Researchers at Tufts University and the University of Oxford report a causal link between activating dormant shingles and herpes viruses, inflammation, and Alzheimer’s disease.
Charles Sykes, the John Wade Professor of Chemistry, and his team including the late Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Assistant Professor Prashant Deshlahra, and Georgios Giannakakis, EG21, received the Royal Society of Chemistry's Horizon Prize.
Kenneth and JoAnn G Wellner Professor Jamie Maguire and Assistant Professor Aseema Mohanty received the award to simultaneously measure the activity of multiple neuronal populations in vivo.