Press Room

Dr. Gary Borisy and his colleagues were recently featured in several media outlets including a great video on STAT. 

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 27, 2016 – A new study from the Forsyth Institute and the Marine Biological Laboratory provides a detailed look at how the microbes in the mouth coexist. Using a novel fluorescence imaging technique and DNA sequencing, the scientists have created a high-resolution map of the bacteria in dental plaque. For the first time, scientists can see where the bacteria are in relation to each other.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., January 5, 2016 – A new study from the Forsyth Institute is helping to shed more light on the important connections among the diverse bacteria in our microbiome. According to research published in mBio, scientists at Forsyth, led by Dr. Katherine P.

Washington D.C.— Thomas E. Van Dyke, DDS, PhD, Senior Member of Staff, Chair, Department of Applied Oral Sciences at the Forsyth Institute, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a AAAS Fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.

Though concussion awareness has never been higher, the process for diagnosing head trauma largely remains subjective and inefficient.

In an op ed in the Lowell Sun, Dr. Kerry Maguire, program director of ForsythKids, shares her thoughts on a new proposal to expand the dental care workforce. 

Check out Forsyth CEO, Dr. Phil Stashenko in the Huffington Post. 

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Dr. Phil Stashenko and Dr. Tom Van Dyke visited the studios of NECN to talk about Forsyth research, the connections between oral health and overall health, and the role of independent research in the life science community. Check out the clips at:

http://www.necn.com/video/#!/on-air/as-seen-on/The-Whole-Tooth/327233091

In a review article published in Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism on April 16, researchers summarize the latest clinical evidence supporting a link between oral infections, which are caused by the bacteria in our mouth, and heart disease, and they emphasize the important role of inflammation in both of these conditions.