Local News 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…sciencecityMarch 10, 2020 Read More
Local News 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…sciencecityMarch 10, 2020 Read More
Local News 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…sciencecityMarch 10, 2020 Read More
Local News 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),…sciencecityMarch 9, 2020 Read More
Featured Awards 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…sciencecityMarch 9, 2020 Read More
Featured Awards 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…sciencecityMarch 9, 2020 Read More
Local News 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…sciencecityMarch 6, 2020 Read More
Featured Awards 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 Read More
Interesting Articles Gene Sleuths Are Tracking the Coronavirus Outbreak as It Happens MIT Technology Review | March 6, 2020 In the unprecedented outbreak of a new coronavirus sweeping the world, the germ’s genetic material…sciencecityMarch 6, 2020 Read More
Local News Here’s How Nanoparticles Could Help Us Get Closer to a Treatment for COVID-19 Northeastern University | March 6, 2020 There is no vaccine or specific treatment for COVID-19, the disease caused by the severe…sciencecityMarch 6, 2020 Read More