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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…

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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…

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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…

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Dana-Farber Research Team Awarded Pancreatic Cancer Collective “New Therapies Challenge” Grant

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 6, 2020

The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of the Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To…

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Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

BU School of Medicine | March 5, 2020

Dr. Shoumita Dasgupta, Professor of Medicine and an Assistant Dean for Admissions, has received a Fulbright…

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Allergan And Editas Medicine Announce Dosing Of First Patient In Landmark Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial Of CRISPR Medicine AGN-151587 (EDIT-101) For The Treatment Of LCA10

Editas Medicine | March 5, 2020

Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN), a leading global pharmaceutical company, and Editas Medicine, Inc. (Nasdaq: EDIT), a leading genome…

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