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CRISPR Therapeutics and KSQ Therapeutics Announce License Agreement to Advance Companies’ Respective Cell Therapy Programs in Oncology

BioSpace | October 16, 2019

CRISPR Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CRSP), a biopharmaceutical company focused on creating transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases,…

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MCO Grad Student Elizabeth May Named as Aramont Fund Fellow!

Harvard MCB | October 16, 2019

MCO graduate student Elizabeth May (G4) of the Gaudet Lab has received a fellowship from the Aramont Fund…

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Whitehead Institute Member Ankur Jain Receives Packard Foundation Fellowship

Whitehead Institute | October 16, 2019

The David & Lucile Packard Foundation today announced that Whitehead Institute Member Ankur Jain has been named…

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Mass General Hospital Researchers Identify Potential Therapy for Liver Disease in People Living with HIV

Mass General News | October 16, 2019

A team of researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) led by Steven Grinspoon, MD, has identified a…

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Bacterial Variability in the Mammalian Gut Captured by a Single-Cell Synthetic Oscillator

Riglar, D., T., et al. | October 15, 2019

Synthetic gene oscillators have the potential to control timed functions and periodic gene expression in…

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American Heart Association Funds Professor’s Study of How Blood Vessels Respond to Exercise Training

UMass News | October 15, 2019

Assistant Professor of Exercise and Health Sciences Huimin Yan has received a two-year, $154,000 American Heart Association Institutional…

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CRISPR Enzyme Programmed to Kill Viruses in Human Cells

Broad Institute | October 14, 2019

Many of the world’s most common or deadly human pathogens are RNA-based viruses — Ebola,…

sciencecityOctober 14, 2019

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Structural Basis for the Docking of mTORC1 on the Lysosomal Surface

Rogala, K.,B., et al. | October 14, 2019

The mTORC1 protein kinase regulates growth in response to nutrients and growth factors. Nutrients promote…

sciencecityOctober 14, 2019

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Ra Pharma Acquired for $2.1B by Belgian Firm That Vows to Grow in Boston

Boston Business Journal | October 11, 2019

Ra Pharmaceuticals Inc., which is in late-stage trials of a drug to treat a rare…

sciencecityOctober 11, 2019

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Deborah L. Levy, PhD, to Receive 2019 Valiant Researcher Award October 9, 2019

McLean Hospital | October 11, 2019

The Schizophrenia and Related Disorders Alliance of America (SARDAA) will present Deborah L. Levy, PhD, director of the…

sciencecityOctober 11, 2019

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