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Sive Named Dean at Northeastern University

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research | December 17, 2019

Whitehead Institute Member Hazel Sive, a globally respected developmental biologist and educator, will become Dean…

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Congress Set to Form Groups to Protect US Research Security

The Scientist | December 17, 2019

Congress is expected to approve an annual defense bill as early as this week that…

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Myles Brown, MD Receives 2019 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research Award

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 16, 2019

Myles Brown, MD today received the 2019 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research award. Brown…

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Herpes’ Achilles’ Heel

| December 16, 2019

The herpes simplex virus, commonly known as the cold sore virus, is a devious microbe.…

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Largest Study of Its Kind Reveals that Many Psychiatric Disorders Arise From Common Genes

Massachusetts General Hospital | December 16, 2019

Many distinct psychiatric diseases share a common genetic structure, according to new research by scientists…

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Flagship Invests $50M in Startup Seeking to Tackle ‘All Diseases’

Boston Business Journal | December 13, 2019

A new startup has launched out of Cambridge-based venture capital firm Flagship Pioneering with what it hopes…

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Lantheus Enters into Strategic Collaboration with CarThera for Use of Microbubbles in Combination with SonoCloud® System for Treatment of Glioblastoma

BioSpace | December 13, 2019

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: LNTH), parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”),…

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Merck Drops $2.7B on 26-Year-Old Burlington Biotech

Boston Business Journal | December 13, 2019

Drug giant Merck & Co. announced Monday that it will spend billions to buy a 26-year…

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Davis Cos. Sells Alewife Lab for $332.5M

Boston Business Journal | December 13, 2019

Irvine, California-based Healthpeak Properties has acquired the Alewife Research Center in West Cambridge from The Davis…

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New Technique to Determine Protein Structures May Solve Biomedical Puzzles

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | December 13, 2019

“Proteins are the workers in the cell, and it's important to know their shape,” says…

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