Newsweek: Scientists (led by TLDI's very own Pete Gwynne!) have identified a group of immune molecules that could...
Lyme Disease Discovery Could Lead to Earlier Diagnosis and Treatment
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Scientists Study Martha’s Vineyard to Get to Root of Chronic Lyme
Vineyard Gazette: Researchers are turning to Martha’s Vineyard and other New England areas that have been hit hard...
Bitten by a tick? Don’t panic – or race to the ER, epidemiologist says
Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Sam Telford, an epidemiologist at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and a...
Lyme disease cases in England rise by more than 20% in a year
The Guardian: Our fearless leader, Linden Hu, was interviewed by Nicola Davis for The Guardian in an article about how...
MaineHealth Ramping up Chronic Lyme Disease Study
Portland Press Herald: Tufts Lyme Disease Initiative Co-Director, Robert Smith, spoke to Joe Lawlor for the Portland...
Genetically engineered mice could take the bite out of Lyme disease on Nantucket, scientists say
CBS 60 Minutes: MIT professor Kevin Estvelt and Tufts Lyme researcher Sam Telford discuss a new approach to eradicating Lyme disease by making one of its reservoir hosts, the white footed mouse, resistant to infection with the Lyme bacteria. In 2013, Esvelt was the first to identify that CRISPR, a technology that allows scientists to modify DNA, could be used to change a species’ genetics in perpetuity. His discovery led to Mice Against Ticks, a project run out of Esvelt’s Sculpting Evolution lab at MIT. For the last nine years, he and researcher Joanna Buchthal have looked into whether they could add a gene for an antibody that prevents Lyme disease to a mouse embryo that has progressed into two cells. The lab’s technique involves injecting both cells to maximize the likelihood of getting the antibody into the DNA. Dr. Telford is helping the team plan testing on Nantucket Island.