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Cambridge Biotech Tripling Size of Kendall Square HQ

Boston Business Journal | February 3, 2020

Cambridge-based Foghorn Therapeutics plans to expand into a new 60,000-square-foot headquarters at 500 Technology Square…

sciencecityFebruary 3, 2020

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Genetic Screen Offers New Drug Targets for Huntington’s Disease

MIT Picower Institute | February 3, 2020

Using a type of genetic screen that had previously been impossible in the mammalian brain,…

sciencecityFebruary 3, 2020

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Dana-Farber Opens New Facility in Merrimack Valley

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | February 3, 2020

Following a festive ribbon cutting earlier this week, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is opening a new site this…

sciencecityFebruary 3, 2020

Interesting Articles

The FDA Is Approving Drugs Faster, But That May Not Be A Good Thing

BioSpace | January 31, 2020

In a second research report published this year so far, investigators found that the U.S. Food…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

Awards

Gerald Fink Is Awarded the Genetic Society of America’s Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal

Whitehead Institute | January 31, 2020

Whitehead Founding Member and former director Gerald R. Fink has been awarded the 2020 Thomas Hunt Morgan…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

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Good Early Results with Gene Therapy for Rare Immune Deficiency

Boston Children's Hospital | January 31, 2020

Brenden Whittaker, a college student in Ohio, has been caught off guard by his good…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

Publications of the Week

A Model for the Emergence of RNA from a Prebiotically Plausible Mixture of Ribonucleotides, Arabinonucleotides, and 2′-Deoxynucleotides

Kim, S., C., et al. | January 31, 2020

The abiotic synthesis of ribonucleotides is thought to have been an essential step toward the…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

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Evidence-Based Guideline Reduces G-Tube Placement in Young Patients

Boston Children's Hospital | January 31, 2020

Gastrostomy tubes (G-tubes) are commonly used to deliver nutrition directly to the stomach in patients…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

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Engineers Design Bionic “Heart” for Testing Prosthetic Valves, Other Cardiac Devices

MIT News | January 31, 2020

As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too will…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

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Gift Will Allow MIT Researchers to Use Artificial Intelligence in a Biomedical Device

MIT News | January 31, 2020

Researchers in the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) have received a gift…

sciencecityJanuary 31, 2020

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