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Bayer Partners with MassBio® to Launch Center for Regulatory Excellence to Support Startup Community

Business Wire | March 11, 2020

Bayer and MassBio® today announced the Center for Regulatory Excellence, a first-of-its-kind forum for startups and…

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Gene Therapy Reverses Heart Failure in Mouse Model of Barth Syndrome

Boston Children's Hospital | March 10, 2020

Barth syndrome is a rare metabolic disease caused by mutation of a gene called tafazzin or TAZ. It can…

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Liver Fibrosis Tied to Specific Heart Failure, Regardless of HIV or Hepatitis C Status

BU School of Medicine | March 10, 2020

While there is an association between liver fibrosis and heart failure, the mechanisms for this…

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Mouse Model Could Lead to New Treatments for Endometriosis Pain

Boston Children's Hospital | March 10, 2020

There are few effective long-term treatments for endometriosis; even fewer options for relieving the often severe…

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Mathematical Model Could Lead to Better Treatment for Diabetes

MIT News | March 10, 2020

One promising new strategy to treat diabetes is to give patients insulin that circulates in…

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S1P and Its Receptor: New Approaches to Cancer?

Boston Children's Hospital | March 9, 2020

In 1998, when Timothy Hla, PhD, and his colleagues identified and cloned the receptor for sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P),…

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Dr. Vaishali Sanchorawala to Serve on Board of International Society of Amyloidosis

BU School of Medcine | March 9, 2020

Vaishali Sanchorawala, MD, professor of medicine and director of the Amyloidosis Center, was recently elected…

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Founding Member Harvey Lodish Receives the Donald Metcalf Award for Research on Red Blood Cells

Whitehead Institute | March 9, 2020

The International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH) has selected Whitehead Institute Founding Member Harvey Lodish…

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Platinum-based Agents are Not Superior to Standard Chemotherapy for Patients with Breast Cancer Who Carry BRCA Mutations

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | March 6, 2020

Commonly known as the breast cancer genes, the BRCA gene family plays a role in repairing damaged…

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Dozens of Backers Chime In on $100M Round for Hearing Loss Startup

Boston Business Journal | March 6, 2020

Hear that? That’s the sound of more than 30 investors handing over money to one…

sciencecityMarch 6, 2020

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