Local News Platelet BioGenesis Receives Contract Worth Up to $56 Million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to Develop Human Stem Cell-Derived Platelets as a Medical Countermeasure to Radiological and Nuclear ExposureBioSpace | October 8, 2019Platelet Biogenesis Inc. (PBG), the leader in stem cell-derived, on-demand human platelets (PLTs+™) and genetically engineered…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Exploring Autism by Way of Three Rare Genetic DisordersBoston Children's Hospital | October 8, 2019Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is now believed to affect 1 in 59 children in the…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Light Shed on Century-Old Riddle of Chromosome PairingWyss Institute | October 7, 2019How homologous chromosomes in the body’s cells pair along their entire lengths is a century-old…sciencecityOctober 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Growing Tumors in a Dish, Scientists Try to Personalize Pancreatic Cancer TreatmentSTAT News | October 7, 2019Only about 15% of advanced pancreatic patients are alive two years after their diagnosis. Margaret…sciencecityOctober 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Artificial Gut Aims to Expose the Elusive MicrobiomeMIT News | October 4, 2019The microbiome is a collection of trillions of bacteria that reside in and on our…sciencecityOctober 4, 2019 Read More
Local News Engineered Viruses Could Fight Drug ResistanceMIT News | October 4, 2019In the battle against antibiotic resistance, many scientists have been trying to deploy naturally occurring…sciencecityOctober 4, 2019 Read More
Local News Goldfinch Bio Announces Licensing Agreement with Takeda for CB1 Monoclonal Antibody for the Treatment of Rare and Metabolic Kidney DiseasesBusiness Wire | October 4, 2019Goldfinch Bio, a U.S.-based, clinical stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing precision medicines…sciencecityOctober 4, 2019 Read More
Local News First Video of Viruses AssemblingHarvard Gazette | October 3, 2019For the first time, researchers have captured images of the formation of individual viruses, offering…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News A Team Effort Uncovers How Cancer Outwits a Targeted DrugBroad Institute | October 3, 2019The targeted cancer drug venetoclax, first approved by the FDA in 2016, brought new hope…sciencecityOctober 3, 2019 Read More
Local News LabCentral Gets State, Private Funds for New Biomanufacturing Lab SpaceBoston Business Journal | October 2, 2019One of the life science industry’s leading laboratory-space providers is teaming up with MIT, the…sciencecityOctober 2, 2019 Read More