Local News BIDMC Launches Clinical Trial to Assess Common Anti-Clotting Medication for Treatment of COVID-19-Related Respiratory Failure Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center | April 9, 2020 While the majority of people with COVID-19 won’t require hospitalization, those who do are likely…sciencecityApril 9, 2020 Read More
Local News Biotech Vet Gilman’s Startup Earns $190M-Plus in Roche Deal Boston Business Journal | April 9, 2020 "Honest to God, there are dozens of targets we could hit. We can afford to…sciencecityApril 9, 2020 Read More
AwardsFeatured Awards BU Biology Graduate Students and Alumni Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Boston University Biology | April 9, 2020 The awardees and honorable mentions for the 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition were recently posted…sciencecityApril 9, 2020 Read More
Local News Former Gene-Silencing Rivals Bury the Hatchet with New Partnership Boston Business Journal | April 8, 2020 Former foes Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and Dicerna Pharmaceuticals Inc. are joining forces, with plans to work…sciencecityApril 8, 2020 Read More
Local News Boston Biomedical, Inc. Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase 1 Study of Investigational Agent TP-3654 in Patients with Myelofibrosis PR Newswire | April 8, 2020 Boston Biomedical, Inc. today announced the first patient has been dosed in a phase 1…sciencecityApril 8, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week The Evolutionary Plasticity of Chromosome Metabolism Allows Adaptation to Constitutive DNA Replication Stress Fumasoni, M. et al. | April 8, 2020 Many biological features are conserved and thus considered to be resistant to evolutionary change. While…sciencecityApril 8, 2020 Read More
Local News Researchers Identify Potential Early Biomarker to Track Development of Dangerous Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Joslin Diabetes Center | April 8, 2020 Fatty liver disease not associated with alcohol consumption, which is called Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease…sciencecityApril 8, 2020 Read More
Local News Neuroscientists Find Memory Cells That Help Us Interpret New Situations MIT News | April 7, 2020 Imagine you are meeting a friend for dinner at a new restaurant. You may try…sciencecityApril 7, 2020 Read More
Awards McLean Hospital Receives Coveted NIH Grant to Clinically Study Autologous Stem Cell Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease McLean Hospital | April 7, 2020 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded McLean Hospital’s Neuroregeneration Institute (NRI) a $6…sciencecityApril 7, 2020 Read More
Local News Network Scientists Identify 40 New Drugs to Test against COVID-19 News@Northestern | April 6, 2020 Northeastern researchers have identified 40 new potential drugs that could treat COVID-19. The findings, reported via…sciencecityApril 6, 2020 Read More