Local News Mass General Team Detects Alzheimer’s Early Using Electronic Health RecordsMass General News | December 19, 2019A team of scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has developed a software-based method of…sciencecityDecember 19, 2019 Read More
Local News In an About Face, FDA Approves Sarepta’s 2nd Duchenne Drug | December 18, 2019The FDA unexpectedly reversed course Thursday, approving the second treatment developed by Sarepta Therapeutics for the rare…sciencecityDecember 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Screen Could Offer Better Safety Tests for New ChemicalsMIT News | December 18, 2019It’s estimated that there are approximately 80,000 industrial chemicals currently in use, in products such…sciencecityDecember 18, 2019 Read More
Local News New Tool Could Help Researchers Design Better Cancer VaccinesBroad Institute | December 18, 2019Every cell in the human body is coated with fragments of proteins called antigens that…sciencecityDecember 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Gene Therapy to Boost Fetal Hemoglobin Continues to Do Well in Sickle Cell TrialBoston Children's Hospital | December 18, 2019A pilot gene therapy treatment for sickle cell disease, restoring patients’ ability to make fetal…sciencecityDecember 18, 2019 Read More
Local News New Clinical Trial Hopes to Improve Long-Term Outcomes for Heart Transplant PatientsBoston Children's Hospital | December 18, 2019The TEAMMATE (Tacrolimus/Everolimus vs. Tacrolimus/MMF in pediatric heart transplant recipients using the MATE Score) trial…sciencecityDecember 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Insights into Psoriasis Suggest a New Treatment TargetBrigham and Women’s Hospital | December 17, 2019Psoriasis is a skin disorder that affects at least 100 million individuals worldwide. Its economic…sciencecityDecember 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Sive Named Dean at Northeastern UniversityWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | December 17, 2019Whitehead Institute Member Hazel Sive, a globally respected developmental biologist and educator, will become Dean…sciencecityDecember 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Herpes’ Achilles’ Heel | December 16, 2019The herpes simplex virus, commonly known as the cold sore virus, is a devious microbe.…sciencecityDecember 16, 2019 Read More
Local News Largest Study of Its Kind Reveals that Many Psychiatric Disorders Arise From Common GenesMassachusetts General Hospital | December 16, 2019Many distinct psychiatric diseases share a common genetic structure, according to new research by scientists…sciencecityDecember 16, 2019 Read More