Local News STEMCELL Technologies Announces FDA De Novo Classification for Its EasySep™ CD138 Positive Selection Kit to Support Cancer Diagnostic TestsSTEMCELL Technologies | March 26, 2024STEMCELL Technologies is pleased to announce that its new EasySep™ Human Bone Marrow CD138 Positive…karnottMarch 26, 2024 Read More
Local News UMass Chan Study Reveals New Details About Argonaute Syndromes, a Recently Identified Class of Neurodevelopmental DisordersUMass Chan Medical School | March 26, 2024Research by Victor Ambros, PhD, provides new insights into a recently identified class of neurodevelopmental…karnottMarch 26, 2024 Read More
Awards Researchers Awarded $14 Million to Better Understand, Treat Genetic Lung DiseasesBoston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | March 25, 2024A team of researchers led by Darrell N. Kotton, MD, the David C. Seldin Professor…karnottMarch 25, 2024 Read More
Publications of the Week Branched Chemically Modified Poly(A) Tails Enhance the Translation Capacity of mRNAChen, H., et al. | March 25, 2024Although messenger RNA (mRNA) has proved effective as a vaccine, its potential as a general…karnottMarch 25, 2024 Read More
Local News Astrocyte Cells Critical for Learning Skilled MovementsThe Picower Institute | March 16, 2023From steering a car to swinging a tennis racket, we learn to execute all kinds…pthomsonMarch 16, 2023 Read More
Local News Normalizing Tumor Blood Vessels May Improve Immunotherapy Against Brain CancerMassachusetts General Hospital | March 16, 2023A type of immune therapy called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy has revolutionized the…pthomsonMarch 16, 2023 Read More
Local News Graft Sculpting Brings New Approach to Stem Cell Therapy for Highest Risk AML PatientsDana-Farber Cancer Institute | March 16, 2023A novel hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) method utilizing ‘graft sculpting’ is being tested in…pthomsonMarch 16, 2023 Read More
Local News A 14-Year IncubationThe Harvard Gazette | March 16, 2023Sam Wattrus came to Harvard as an undergraduate thinking he would study chemistry. But he…pthomsonMarch 16, 2023 Read More
Awards MCO Graduate Student Mackenzie Smith Awarded NSF FellowshipHarvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology | July 23, 2024MCO graduate student Mackenzie Smith of Ya-Chieh Hsu’s lab in SCRB has received a grant…karnottJuly 23, 2024 Read More
Awards UMass Chan Neuroscientist Receives $4.1 Million Transformative Research Award to Study Down SyndromeUMass Chan Medical School | July 22, 2024Summer Thyme, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry & molecular biotechnology, is the recipient of a…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More
Local News Gene Silencing Tool Has a Need for SpeedWhitehead Institute | July 22, 2024RNA interference (RNAi) is a process that many organisms, including humans, use to decrease the…karnottJuly 22, 2024 Read More