Local News Scientists Pinpoint Neural Activity’s Role in Human LongevityHarvard Gazette | October 18, 2019The brain’s neural activity — long implicated in disorders ranging from dementia to epilepsy —…sciencecityOctober 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Jerry Gurwitz to Lead Research Evaluating Alzheimer’s Disease TreatmentsUMass Med Now | October 17, 2019UMass Medical School received a $365,000 grant to collaborate with the Institute for Clinical and Economic…sciencecityOctober 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Glowing Particles in the Blood May Help Diagnose and Monitor Brain CancerMass General News | October 17, 2019A chemical that has improved surgeries for brain cancer by making tumor cells fluorescent may…sciencecityOctober 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Study Reveals How Mucus Tames MicrobesMIT News | October 16, 2019More than 200 square meters of our bodies — including the digestive tract, lungs, and…sciencecityOctober 16, 2019 Read More
Local News CRISPR Therapeutics and KSQ Therapeutics Announce License Agreement to Advance Companies’ Respective Cell Therapy Programs in OncologyBioSpace | October 16, 2019CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases,…sciencecityOctober 16, 2019 Read More
Local News Mass General Hospital Researchers Identify Potential Therapy for Liver Disease in People Living with HIVMass General News | October 16, 2019A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) led by Steven Grinspoon, MD, has identified a…sciencecityOctober 16, 2019 Read More
Local News CRISPR Enzyme Programmed to Kill Viruses in Human CellsBroad Institute | October 14, 2019Many of the world’s most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses — Ebola,…sciencecityOctober 14, 2019 Read More
Local News Ra Pharma Acquired for $2.1B by Belgian Firm That Vows to Grow in BostonBoston Business Journal | October 11, 2019Ra Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is in late-stage trials of a drug to treat a rare…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Local News New Method Visualizes Groups of Neurons as They ComputeMIT News | October 11, 2019Using a fluorescent probe that lights up when brain cells are electrically active, MIT and…sciencecityOctober 11, 2019 Read More
Local News Long Live the WormNortheastern University | October 10, 2019Scientists have discovered how to make a certain kind of worm live ten times as…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More