Local News Science Behind Targeted Drug for Pediatric Brain Cancer Has Dana-Farber Roots Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | May 16, 2024 Dana-Farber researcher Charles Stiles, PhD, remembers the call. It was 2008 and a colleague phoned…karnottMay 16, 2024 Read More
Awards New $15 Million Grant to Dana-Farber Scientists Supports Research into Innovative Approaches to Endometrial Cancer Treatment Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | May 16, 2024 Physician-scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have received a five-year, $15 million Program Project Grant from…karnottMay 16, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Gene Editing for CEP290-Associated Retinal Degeneration Pierce, E., et al. | May 16, 2024 CEP290-associated inherited retinal degeneration causes severe early-onset vision loss due to pathogenic variants in CEP290.…karnottMay 16, 2024 Read More
Awards Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology Awarded to F. William Studier for Development of Widely Used Protein- and RNA-Production Platform Broad Institute | May 15, 2024 F. William Studier of Brookhaven National Laboratory has won the second annual Richard N. Merkin…karnottMay 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Flagship Pioneering and Metaphore Biotechnologies Announce Research Collaboration with Novo Nordisk to Develop Next-Generation Therapeutics for Obesity Management PR Newswire | May 15, 2024 Metaphore Biotechnologies, a Flagship-founded biotechnology company designing novel therapeutics by combining machine learning and molecular…karnottMay 15, 2024 Read More
Local News Meet a Whitehead Postdoc: Jordana Bloom Whitehead Institute | May 14, 2024 Jordana Bloom is a postdoc in Whitehead Institute Member David Page’s lab studying how hormonal…karnottMay 14, 2024 Read More
Local News Research Spotlight: How Inflammation Damages Synapses in an Experimental Model of Multiple Sclerosis Massachusetts General Hospital | May 14, 2024 The most obvious symptoms in many people with the inflammatory neurologic condition multiple sclerosis (MS)…karnottMay 14, 2024 Read More
Local News Science for Living: Gut Microbiome Offers Clues to Chronic Disease UMass Chan Medical School | May 13, 2024 The way to a person’s health may be through their stomach, to paraphrase an old…karnottMay 13, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week The Intrinsic Substrate Specificity of the Human Tyrosine Kinome Yaron-Barir, T., et al. | May 13, 2024 Phosphorylation of proteins on tyrosine (Tyr) residues evolved in metazoan organisms as a mechanism of…karnottMay 13, 2024 Read More
Local News Mice Don’t Menstruate: Reimagining Women’s Health Using Organ Chips with Dr. Donald Ingber Wyss Institute | May 10, 2024 In this episode, host Sharon Kedar, Co-Founder of Northpond Ventures, is joined by Dr. Donald…karnottMay 10, 2024 Read More