Local News Flagship Pioneering rolls out another startup, Cygnal, with $65M in backingBoston Business Journal | October 9, 2019Another company has rolled down Flagship Pioneering’s conveyor belt: Cygnal Therapeutics, which hopes to stop…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News How to Improve Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel DiseaseBroad Institute | October 9, 2019About three million people in the United States suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News New Capsule Can Orally Deliver Drugs That Usually Have to Be InjectedMIT News | October 9, 2019Many drugs, especially those made of proteins, cannot be taken orally because they are broken…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News William G. Kaelin, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute wins 2019 Nobel PrizeDana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 8, 2019William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More
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