Local News Vertex Abandons VX-814 Program for Treating Rare Liver Disease BioSpace | October 19, 2020 Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced that based on early data of its Phase II trial of VX-814 in Alpha-1…eabramovichOctober 19, 2020 Read More
Local News Newly Discovered Mechanism for Cellular Migration Has Implications for Embryonic Development, Cancer Metastasis, and Tissue Regeneration Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | October 19, 2020 The trillions of cells that make up our body are typically stationary. They stay at…eabramovichOctober 19, 2020 Read More
Local News As COVID-19 Fuels Opioid Deaths, Researchers Look to Create an Anti-Opioid Vaccine Boston Children's Hospital | October 19, 2020 A project that began one year ago at Boston Children’s Hospital to develop an anti-opioid…eabramovichOctober 19, 2020 Read More
Local News Breakthrough Blood Test Developed for Brain Tumors Massachusetts General Hospital | October 16, 2020 Genetic mutations that promote the growth of the most common type of adult brain tumors…eabramovichOctober 16, 2020 Read More
Local News UMMS Study to Examine How Different Body Fat Plays a Role in Type 2 Diabetes UMass Medical School | October 16, 2020 Scientists know that individuals who accumulate fat around their belly are much more at risk…eabramovichOctober 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Reviving Cells after a Heart Attack Wyss Institute | October 16, 2020 Extracellular vesicles (EVs) — nanometer-sized messengers that travel between cells to deliver cues and cargo…eabramovichOctober 16, 2020 Read More
Local News Studies Reveal Mutations that Boost Blood Stem Cell Growth and Increase Leukemia and Heart Disease Risk Broad Institute | October 15, 2020 As people grow older, certain genetic mutations in hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) — which give…eabramovichOctober 15, 2020 Read More
Local News New 3-D Model of a DNA-Regulating Complex in Human Cells Provides Cancer Clues Dana-Farber | October 15, 2020 Scientists have created an unprecedented 3-dimensional structural model of a key molecular “machine” known as…eabramovichOctober 15, 2020 Read More
Local News To Make Mini-Organs Grow Faster, Give Them a Squeeze MIT News | October 15, 2020 The closer people are physically to one another, the higher the chance for exchange, of…eabramovichOctober 15, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week A Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase Inhibitor Prevents Multiple Parkinson’s Disease-Phenotypes in α-Synuclein Mice Nuber, S., et al. | October 14, 2020 The α-synuclein protein accumulates in Parkinson’s disease and other synucleinopathies. Growing evidence suggests that lipid-rich…eabramovichOctober 14, 2020 Read More