Local News Chromosomal Abnormalities Uncovered in Many Couples Struggling with Recurrent MiscarriageBrigham and Women's Hospital | November 1, 2019When a couple loses a pregnancy, and especially when the same couple loses multiple pregnancies,…sciencecityNovember 1, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards Brain Research Foundation Honors Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs Discovery Award RecipientsP&T Community | October 31, 2019The award for scientific achievement was given to Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, the Joseph P. and Rose…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Disc Medicine Closes $50 Million Series A and Inks Licensing Deal with AbbVieBioSpace | October 31, 2019Disc Medicine, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced the completion of a $50 million Series A financing. The…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Skeleton Key: Researchers Reveal Structures of Skeletal Components in Hair-Like CiliaHarvard Medical School | October 31, 2019It’s not every day that scientists get to publish a paper on Halloween about a…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Promising Results Reported in Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy TrialGenetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | October 31, 2019Researchers have obtained the first signs of clinical benefit in an early-stage gene therapy trial…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Biogen and Alkermes Announce FDA Approval of VUMERITY™ (Diroximel Fumarate) for Multiple SclerosisBioSpace | October 31, 2019CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and DUBLIN, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced that the U.S.…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Genotype-Fitness Maps of EGFR-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma Chart the Evolutionary Landscape of Resistance for Combination Therapy OptimizationBolan, P., O., et al. | October 30, 2019Cancer evolution poses a central obstacle to cure, as resistant clones expand under therapeutic selection…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Local News Flex Lab Provider SmartLabs Expanding in Kendall SquareBoston Business Journal | October 30, 2019Cambridge-based SmartLabs will open an animal-research facility at 301 Binney St. in Kendall Square, the…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Power and Pitfalls of Gene EditingHarvard Gazette | October 30, 2019Can Anna Feurer’s genes be used to help 10-year-old Avery Watts? Born with a genetic…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Local News Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Clinical Activity in Lung and Colorectal Cancer PatientsDana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 30, 2019The investigational KRAS G12C inhibitor MRTX849 yielded clinical responses in patients with non-small cell lung…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More