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MCRI News
May 1, 2010 - Michael E. Mendelsohn, MD named Sr. Vice-President & Head of Cardiovascular Research, Merck & Co.
April 1, 2010 - Richard H. Karas, MD, PhD named the Executive Director of the Molecular Cardiology Research Institute at Tufts Medical Center.

August 20, 2008 - In the Journal of the American College of Cardiology published today, Tufts Medical Center researchers, led by the MCRI's Dr. Richard Karas, report that the cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins neither cause cancer nor prevent it.

May 1, 2008 - In a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, MCRI researchers identify a new mechanism for high blood pressure. The team, led by Dr. Michael Mendelsohn, found that blood vessel abnormalities, not just kidney abnormalities as has previously been believed, can cause high blood pressure.

February 1, 2008 - Richard Karas, MD, PhD is appointed as Vice Chairman of Scientific Affairs for the Department of Medicine

January 1, 2008 - MCRI Celebrates 10 Years of Ground-breaking Cardiovascular Research

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