Local News Study Shows Benefit of PARP Inhibitor for Some Ovarian Cancer Patients Dana-Farber Cancer Research Institute | September 18, 2019 For patients with recurrent ovarian cancer that has been brought into remission with platinum-based chemotherapy,…sciencecitySeptember 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Mathematical Model Finds the Cancer Mutations That Matter Broad Institute | September 17, 2019 The new tool more accurately distinguishes mutations that drive cancer from ones that don’t, and…sciencecitySeptember 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Babies’ EEG Patterns Predict Whether They Will Develop Autism Boston Children's Hospital | September 17, 2019 Signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically start to become apparent only in a child’s…sciencecitySeptember 17, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week The Fundamental Role of Chromatin Loop Extrusion in Physiological V(D)J Recombination Zhang, Y., et al. | September 16, 2019 The RAG endonuclease initiates Igh V(D)J assembly in B cell progenitors by joining D segments to JH segments,…sciencecitySeptember 16, 2019 Read More
Featured Awards Assistant Biology Professor’s $979K CAREER Grant Will Help Understand Disease Management in Frogs, Human Gut and Lungs UMass Boston | September 16, 2019 There’s a community of microscopic organisms, called a microbiome, that live on each northern leopard…sciencecitySeptember 16, 2019 Read More
Awards A Silly-Sounding Prize for Some Serious Science Harvard Gazette | September 13, 2019 Harvard-trained doctor David Sachar and Brigham and Women Hospital’s pathologist and senior lecturer Noel Rose…sciencecitySeptember 13, 2019 Read More
Local News How Breast Cancer Uses Exosomes to Metastasize to the Brain Boston Children's Hospital | September 13, 2019 Metastasizing breast cancers typically seek out the bones, lung, and brain. Brain metastases are especially…sciencecitySeptember 13, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week The Flight Response Impairs Cytoprotective Mechanisms by Activating the Insulin Pathway Jose De Rosa, M., et al. | September 12, 2019 An animal’s stress response requires different adaptive strategies depending on the nature and duration of…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2019 Read More
Local News Trio of Studies Show that Gene Mutation, Tissue Location and Signaling Networks Drive Cancer Incidence and Severity BIDMC News | September 12, 2019 The KRAS gene is one of the commonly mutated genes in cancer. More than 40 percent of…sciencecitySeptember 12, 2019 Read More
Local News Wyss Institute and Miraki Innovation Unveil BOA Biomedical to Reduce Sepsis Deaths Wyss Institute | September 11, 2019 New venture’s platform technology can rapidly diagnose and treat a broad range of antibiotic-resistant infectious…sciencecitySeptember 11, 2019 Read More