Local News NinePoint Medical Announces FDA Clearance for Pancreatic and Biliary Applications of the NvisionVLE® Imaging SystemBioSpace | August 9, 2019BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NinePoint Medical, Inc., a transformative medical device company pioneering the use of a…sciencecityAugust 9, 2019 Read More
Local News Stoke Therapeutics Granted FDA Orphan Drug Designation for STK-001, an Investigational New Treatment for Dravet SyndromeBusiness Wire | August 9, 2019Stoke Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: STOK), a biotechnology company pioneering a new way to treat the…sciencecityAugust 9, 2019 Read More
Local News LexaGene Nabs CDC and FDA Approval for New Antibiotic Resistance TestBioSpace | August 8, 2019With increasing concerns over the rise of drug-resistant pathogens wreaking havoc on the healthcare system,…sciencecityAugust 8, 2019 Read More
Local News A Vaccine to Prevent Opioid Overdose?Boston Children's Hospital | August 8, 2019Sharon Levy, MD, MPH, who directs the Adolescent Substance Use and Addiction Program (ASAP)at Boston Children’s…sciencecityAugust 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Leap Presents Positive Clinical Results for the Combination of DKN-01 plus Keytruda® and Provides DKN-01 Program UpdateLeap Therapeutics | August 8, 2019Leap Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTX) today announced that its anti-Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) antibody, DKN-01, in combination with Merck's anti-PD-1 antibody, Keytruda® (pembrolizumab),…sciencecityAugust 8, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Identification, Characterization, and Benefits of an Exclusion System in an Integrative and Conjugative Element of Bacillus SubtilisAvello M., et al. | August 7, 2019Integrative and conjugative elements (ICEs) are mobile genetic elements that transfer from cell to cell…sciencecityAugust 7, 2019 Read More
Local News Model Predicts Cognitive Decline Due to Alzheimer’s, Up to Two Years OutMIT News | August 6, 2019Researchers hope the system can zero in on the right patients to enroll in clinical…sciencecityAugust 6, 2019 Read More
Awards Biology Professor Earns Additional NICHD Grant to Study Fertility in ZebrafishUMass Boston | August 6, 2019Kellee Siegfried Earned Two NICHD Grants in the 2018-2019 Academic Year Within months after receiving…sciencecityAugust 6, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Treating Ischemia via Recruitment of Antigen-Specific T CellsKwee, B. J., et al. | August 5, 2019Ischemic diseases are a leading cause of mortality and can result in autoamputation of lower…sciencecityAugust 5, 2019 Read More
Local News Legal Fight over Broad Institute’s Patent for CRISPR Gene Editing Flares Up AgainBoston Business Journal | August 5, 2019The legal battle over a method of altering a person’s genes — potentially worth billions…sciencecityAugust 5, 2019 Read More