Category Archives: News

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 26, 2016 – Stemming from research from the Forsyth Institute, a new animal health company, AIAH Therapeutics, LLC, will provide veterinarians and pet owners with a new technology for reducing inflammation and regenerating lost dental tissues in animals suffering from gum disease. AIAH Therapeutics was co-founded by Tom Van Dyke, Vice President…

Dr. Gary Borisy and his colleagues were recently featured in several media outlets including this video on STAT.  This story highlights the group’s work on a new technique to comprehensively analyze the human oral microbiome—and offer greater knowledge of the diversity of the bacteria in the mouth. For the first-time, scientists can provide high-resolution bacterial classification at the sub-species level. This…

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…

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. Lemon, along with their collaborator at Vanderbilt University, have demonstrated that a…

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. This year 347…

Though concussion awareness has never been higher, the process for diagnosing head trauma largely remains subjective and inefficient. Scientists at the Forsyth Institute are aiming to change that. Read the full article on the Forbes website. 

Check out Forsyth CEO, Dr. Phil Stashenko, in this op-ed for the Huffington Post. 

BOSTON, JUNE 16, 2015 – The Boston Biomedical Innovation Center (B-BIC), a healthcare consortium designed to accelerate commercialization of biomedical technologies, and the Forsyth Institute, a not-for-profit organization pioneering biomedical research for new diagnostics, devices and therapies, today announce that Forsyth will join B-BIC as a Participating Member. In this capacity, Forsyth researchers will have…

A new study from the Forsyth Institute is helping to shed light on latent tuberculosis and the bacteria’s ability to hide in stem cells. Some bone marrow stem cells reside in low oxygen (hypoxia) zones. These specialized zones are secured as immune cells and toxic chemicals cannot reach this zone. Hypoxia- activated cell signaling pathways…

On Thursday night, Bob Soparkar, BDS, DMD, was recognized by the Massachusetts science community for his significant contributions to global oral health and advocacy on behalf of children. For thirty years, Soparkar has worked to bring comprehensive oral health care and education to Kuwait. Forging a collaboration between the Forsyth Institute and the Kuwait government…