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
Local News Flex Lab Provider SmartLabs Expanding in Kendall Square Boston Business Journal | October 30, 2019 Cambridge-based SmartLabs will open an animal-research facility at 301 Binney St. in Kendall Square, the…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles Power and Pitfalls of Gene Editing Harvard Gazette | October 30, 2019 Can Anna Feurer’s genes be used to help 10-year-old Avery Watts? Born with a genetic…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Local News Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Clinical Activity in Lung and Colorectal Cancer Patients Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 30, 2019 The investigational KRAS G12C inhibitor MRTX849 yielded clinical responses in patients with non-small cell lung…sciencecityOctober 30, 2019 Read More
Local News First Patient Enrolled in Oxford BioDynamics’ Als Biomarker Study MGH News | October 29, 2019 Oxford BioDynamics has announced that the first patient has been enrolled in the REFINE-ALS clinical…sciencecityOctober 29, 2019 Read More
Local News New Synthesis Method Yields Degradable Polymers MIT News | October 29, 2019 MIT chemists have devised a way to synthesize polymers that can break down more readily…sciencecityOctober 29, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Fibroblastic Reticular Cells Enhance T Cell Metabolism and Survival via Epigenetic Remodeling Brown, F., D., et al. | October 28, 2019 Lymph node fibroblastic reticular cells (FRCs) respond to signals from activated T cells by releasing…sciencecityOctober 28, 2019 Read More