Awards Dana-Farber’s Dr. Kornelia Polyak Recognized with the 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 13, 2023 Dana-Farber’s Kornelia Polyak, MD, PhD, FAACR, is the recipient of the 2023 AACR Distinguished Lectureship…karnottDecember 13, 2023 Read More
Local News Tome Biosciences Launches with Over $200 Million in Funding to Advance Programmable Genomic Integration Platform GlobeNewswire | December 13, 2023 Tome Biosciences, Inc., the programmable genomic integration company, has launched to usher in a new…karnottDecember 13, 2023 Read More
Local News How a Mutation in Microglia Elevates Alzheimer’s Risk MIT News | December 12, 2023 A rare but potent genetic mutation that alters a protein in the brain’s immune cells,…karnottDecember 12, 2023 Read More
Local News The Lucky Break Behind the First CRISPR Treatment MIT Technology Review | December 12, 2023 The world’s first commercial gene-editing treatment is set to start changing the lives of people…karnottDecember 12, 2023 Read More
Awards K. Lisa Yang Postbaccalaureate Program Names New Scholars McGovern Institute | December 12, 2023 Two young researchers in McGovern Institute labs, Joseph Itiat and Sam Merrow, are the newest…karnottDecember 12, 2023 Read More
Local News Artbio Brings In $90M for Radioactive Molecules That Target Cancer Boston Business Journal | December 11, 2023 A four-year-old Boston startup is getting $90 million to help develop radioactive molecules that target…karnottDecember 11, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week RvE1 Promotes Axin2+ Cell Regeneration and Reduces Bacterial Invasion Wu, Y., et al. | December 11, 2023 Vital pulp therapy and root canal therapy (RCT) are the dominant treatment for irreversible pulpitis.…karnottDecember 11, 2023 Read More
Local News Immunotherapy Plus Standard Therapy Can Increase Progression-Free Survival in Patients with HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer, Trial Suggests Dana-Farber | December 11, 2023 Adding an immunotherapy agent to the standard therapy for HER2+ metastatic breast cancer can significantly…karnottDecember 11, 2023 Read More
Local News Researchers Develop Approach to Study Rare Gene Variant Pairs That Contribute to Disease Massachusetts General Hospital | December 8, 2023 Each gene in the human genome has two copies. When researchers detect two mutations within…karnottDecember 8, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Optimization of Base Editors for the Functional Correction of SMN2 as a Treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Alves, C., et al. | December 7, 2023 Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutations in SMN1. SMN2 is a paralogous gene…karnottDecember 7, 2023 Read More