Local News COVID-19 Vaccine Experts Talk Lessons Learned, Challenges Ahead Harvard Medical School | January 22, 2021 In the last 12 months, COVID-19 has overturned both individual lives and national economies. Yet…eabramovichJanuary 22, 2021 Read More
Awards Harvard Medical School Awards & Recognitions: January 2021 Harvard Medical School | January 22, 2021 Allon Klein, associate professor of systems biology in the Blavatnik Institute at HMS, was named…eabramovichJanuary 22, 2021 Read More
Local News Understanding Antibodies to Avoid Pandemics MIT News | January 21, 2021 Last month, the world welcomed the rollout of vaccines that may finally curb the Covid-19…eabramovichJanuary 21, 2021 Read More
Awards Allon Klein and Aviv Regev Receive the Inaugural James Prize in Science and Technology Integration National Academy of Sciences | January 21, 2021 Allon Klein, Harvard Medical School, and Aviv Regev, Genentech Research and Early Development, will receive the…eabramovichJanuary 21, 2021 Read More
Local News Eric Lander to Take an Academic Leave to Serve as White House Science Advisor Broad Institute | January 20, 2021 Eric S. Lander, Founding Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will step…eabramovichJanuary 20, 2021 Read More
Local News Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Launches Investment Fund to Support Startup Companies Dana-Farber | January 20, 2021 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is launching its first-ever venture fund, Binney Street Capital, LLC. Binney Street Capital…eabramovichJanuary 20, 2021 Read More
Publications of the Week Human Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells Provide Trophic Support for Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes via Distinctively High Expression of Neuregulin-1 Hong, X., et al. | January 20, 2021 The search for a source of endothelial cells (ECs) with translational therapeutic potential remains crucial…eabramovichJanuary 20, 2021 Read More
Local News UMass Medical School Develops ‘Paraprobiotic’ to Fight Parasitic Roundworms in Humans UMass Med News | January 19, 2021 A potential therapeutic against hookworms is being developed by scientists from UMass Medical School, Cummings…eabramovichJanuary 19, 2021 Read More
Local News Scientists Uncover New Path Toward Treating a Rare but Deadly Neurologic Condition Massachusetts General Hospital | January 19, 2021 Studies with a popular laboratory model, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, have revealed a possible therapeutic avenue…eabramovichJanuary 19, 2021 Read More
Local News Why Cancer Cells Waste So Much Energy MIT News | January 19, 2021 In the 1920s, German chemist Otto Warburg discovered that cancer cells don’t metabolize sugar the…eabramovichJanuary 19, 2021 Read More