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MPM Capital Announces $100M Oncology Innovations Fund as Part of Novel Venture Philanthropy Collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | February 27, 2020

MPM Capital (MPM) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have entered into a unique, first-of-its-kind, impact investing…

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Shipley Prostate Cancer Pilot Grant Awardees Announced

BU School of Medicine | February 27, 2020

Christopher Andry, MPhil, PhD, Professor and Chair, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Gerald Denis, PhD,…

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A Chemist Investigates How Proteins Assume their Shape

MIT News | February 26, 2020

When proteins are first made in our cells, they often exist as floppy chains until…

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Katherine Fitzgerald and Sanjay Ram Elected to American Academy of Microbiology

University of Massachusetts Medical School | February 26, 2020

Katherine Fitzgerald, PhD, the Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research Chair, professor of medicine in the Division…

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Tackling Coronavirus

| February 26, 2020

Since its identification in December, the novel coronavirus has quickly evolved into a global threat,…

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Discovery May Illuminate a Missing Link between Atherosclerosis and Aging

Brigham and Women’s Hospital | February 25, 2020

Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital have made a potentially exciting discovery by jumping into…

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A Case of Reverse Development: Dana-Farber Scientists Solve Long-Debated Puzzle of How the Intestine Heals Itself

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | February 25, 2020

Deep within the lining of the human intestine lies the source of the organ’s ability…

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Artificial Intelligence Yields New Antibiotic

Broad Institute | February 25, 2020

Using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard…

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Publications of the Week

Assessing the Progression of Systemic Sclerosis by Monitoring the Tissue Optic Axis Using PS-OCT

Adams, D., C., et al. | February 24, 2020

The clinical assessment of fibrosis is critical to the diagnosis and management of patients with…

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Cannabis Will Transform Medicine—Once We Figure Out How to Get Rid of Its Side Effects

Northeastern University | February 24, 2020

Say that you smoked marijuana right now. It would do things to your mind and…

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