«This field site exhibits a
typical North Atlantic biofouling community, most notably a population of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), which allowed to compare the findings obtained in the laboratory with observations in real - world
conditions,» says Stefan Kolle, a Research Associate in the Aizenberg
lab at the Wyss Institute and SEAS who is also a co-first author of the paper.
Sharma's
lab at Women & Infants Hospital has developed a test that, based on initial data, can detect clumps of the protein TTR in blood serum as early as 12 weeks into pregnancy, which is eight weeks before the
typical onset of the
condition.