AwardsFeatured Awards Dana-Farber Faculty Recognized with AACR 2020 Team Science AwardsDana-Farber | June 29, 2020Six Dana-Farber faculty members have been recognized by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)…eabramovichJune 29, 2020 Read More
Local News Different “Subtypes” of Alzheimer’s May be Linked to Different Modifications of the Tau Protein, Mass General-Led Team FindsMassachusetts General Hospital | June 29, 2020A new study reveals a possible biological reason that Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) progresses at different rates in…eabramovichJune 29, 2020 Read More
Local News Brain Targeting Program: Shuttles for Brain Delivery of Therapeutics and DiagnosticsWyss Institute | June 29, 2020In its Brain Targeting Program, a Wyss team led by Founding Director Donald Ingber, M.D., Ph.D.…eabramovichJune 29, 2020 Read More
Local News Yumanity and Merck Ink $500 Million+ Deal for Neurodegenerative DiseasesBioSpace | June 26, 2020Yumanity Therapeutics and Merck signed a strategic research and license deal for two Yumanity programs. The two preclinical programs…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Local News Experimental Peptide Targets COVID-19MIT News | June 26, 2020Using computational models of protein interactions, researchers at the MIT Media Lab and Center for…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Awards Boston Researchers Are Finalists for Major Young Scientist AwardBlavatnik Awards for Young Scientists | June 26, 2020Thirty-one of the nation’s rising stars in science were announced today as the 2020 Finalists…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Awards Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, Awarded $2.5M National Institutes of Health GrantBrigham and Women’s Department of Surgery | June 26, 2020Stefan G. Tullius, MD, PhD, has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week cGMP via PKG Activates 26S Proteasomes and Enhances Degradation of Proteins, Including Ones that Cause Neurodegenerative DiseasesVerPlank, J.J.S., et al. | June 26, 2020The authors demonstrate that agents that raise cGMP and activate the cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG),…eabramovichJune 26, 2020 Read More
Local News New Drug Pathway Linked with Tuberous SclerosisBoston Children’s Hospital | June 25, 2020Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a neurological disorder causing non-cancerous tumors, called cortical tubers, to…eabramovichJune 25, 2020 Read More
Local News UMass Research and Development Expenditures Rise to Record $684 MillionUMass Boston News | June 25, 2020Research expenditures at the University of Massachusetts increased by $33 million in one fiscal year…eabramovichJune 25, 2020 Read More