Local News A New Wave of Treatment for Alzheimer’s DiseaseMIT News | November 17, 2023Alzheimer's disease, the appalling and baffling degenerative brain illness that plagues many elderly people, may…sciencecityNovember 17, 2023 Read More
Uncategorized Dr. Cigall Kadoch of Dana-Farber Awarded 2023 Paul Marks Prize for Cancer ResearchDana-Farber Cancer Institute | November 17, 2023Cigall Kadoch, PhD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has been named a recipient of this year’s…sciencecityNovember 17, 2023 Read More
Local News Annual Awards Propel Basic Discoveries Into ClinicHarvard Medical School | November 17, 2023Basic biology is the wellspring from which flow many modern clinical therapies used to treat…sciencecityNovember 17, 2023 Read More
Local News The CDC Is Modernizing Its Approach to Data, and This Northeastern Graduate Is Leading the WayNortheastern Global News | November 16, 2023As the head of the new platforms division at the Centers for Disease Control and…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Awards Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum Named Pew Innovation Fund InvestigatorsMIT News | November 16, 2023MIT professors Gene-Wei Li and Michael Birnbaum are among the 12 researchers named 2023 Innovation…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Local News TIMI Study Finds New Class of Anti-clotting Drug Reduced Bleeding Events Compared with Standard of Care in Patients with Atrial FibrillationBrigham and Women’s Hospital | November 16, 2023The researchers found that abelacimab, a Factor XI inhibitor, at a dose of 150 mg…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Local News Maintaining Fertility Requires Uneven Division of DNAWhitehead Institute | November 16, 2023Germline stem cells are the pool of stem cells capable of becoming eggs or sperm.…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week DGKα/ζ Inhibitors Combine with PD-1 Checkpoint Therapy to Promote T Cell–Mediated Antitumor ImmunityWichroski, M., et al. | November 16, 2023Read the Publication This week, Science in Boston profiles Dr. Michael Wichroski (pictured). Dr. Wichroski…sciencecityNovember 16, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Liquid Biopsy Epigenomic Profiling for Cancer SubtypingBaca, S., et al. | November 14, 2023Although circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) assays are increasingly used to inform clinical decisions in cancer…sciencecityNovember 14, 2023 Read More
Local News Research Spotlight: Creating Microfluidic Transistors That Control the Movement of Fluids to Autonomously Execute Miniature Lab OperationsMassachusetts General Hospital | November 14, 2023Kaustav Gopinathan, an MD-PhD student in the Center for Engineering in Medicine and Surgery at…sciencecityNovember 14, 2023 Read More