Local News Dicerna Ropes In Roche on Gene-Silencing Deal Worth Up to $1.67B Boston Business Journal | November 1, 2019 One of the leading Cambridge biotechs hoping to treat diseases by silencing the underlying genetic…sciencecityNovember 1, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards Laura Diroberts Receives Inaugural Denton Award Boston University Biology | November 1, 2019 Laura DiRoberts of the Rotjan Lab was selected as the inaugural winner of the Denton Award for…sciencecityNovember 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Immune Response against Skin-Dwelling Viruses Prevents Cancer Mass General News | November 1, 2019 Viruses get a bad rap as potential cancer-causers, but at least one class of viruses…sciencecityNovember 1, 2019 Read More
Local News Chromosomal Abnormalities Uncovered in Many Couples Struggling with Recurrent Miscarriage Brigham and Women's Hospital | November 1, 2019 When a couple loses a pregnancy, and especially when the same couple loses multiple pregnancies,…sciencecityNovember 1, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards Brain Research Foundation Honors Dr. Frederic A. Gibbs Discovery Award Recipients P&T Community | October 31, 2019 The award for scientific achievement was given to Dr. Rudolph Tanzi, the Joseph P. and Rose…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Disc Medicine Closes $50 Million Series A and Inks Licensing Deal with AbbVie BioSpace | October 31, 2019 Disc Medicine, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced the completion of a $50 million Series A financing. The…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Skeleton Key: Researchers Reveal Structures of Skeletal Components in Hair-Like Cilia Harvard Medical School | October 31, 2019 It’s not every day that scientists get to publish a paper on Halloween about a…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Promising Results Reported in Tay-Sachs Gene Therapy Trial Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | October 31, 2019 Researchers have obtained the first signs of clinical benefit in an early-stage gene therapy trial…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Local News Biogen and Alkermes Announce FDA Approval of VUMERITY™ (Diroximel Fumarate) for Multiple Sclerosis BioSpace | October 31, 2019 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and DUBLIN, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Biogen Inc. (Nasdaq: BIIB) and Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) today announced that the U.S.…sciencecityOctober 31, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Genotype-Fitness Maps of EGFR-Mutant Lung Adenocarcinoma Chart the Evolutionary Landscape of Resistance for Combination Therapy Optimization Bolan, P., O., et al. | October 30, 2019 Cancer evolution poses a central obstacle to cure, as resistant clones expand under therapeutic selection…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More