Featured Awards Conor Walsh Wins Presidential Early Career Award Wyss Institute | July 19, 2019 Award honors outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent research careers By Lindsay Brownell (CAMBRIDGE,…sciencecityJuly 19, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles US Senators Call for International Guidelines for Germline Editing TheScientist | July 18, 2019 In the wake of reports of CRISPRed babies born in China, a bipartisan resolution “opposes…sciencecityJuly 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Frequency Therapeutics, Astellas Sign Deal to Tune of $625M Boston Business Journal | July 18, 2019 Woburn-based hearing loss startup Frequency Therapeutics has found its first partner, but it will give…sciencecityJuly 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Unmasking Mutant Cancer Cells: A New Dosing Regimen for an Old Cancer Drug Shows New Promise as an Immunotherapy. MIT News | July 18, 2019 As cancer cells progress, they accumulate hundreds and even thousands of genetic and epigenetic changes,…sciencecityJuly 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Study Finds That Exercise and Vascular Health Offer Protection against Alzheimer’s Disease Mass General News | July 18, 2019 BOSTON – Higher levels of daily physical activity may protect against the cognitive decline and…sciencecityJuly 18, 2019 Read More
Local News Slug, a Stem Cell Regulator, Keeps Breast Cells Healthy by Promoting Repair of DNA Damage TuftsNow | July 17, 2019 A new study published in Cell Reports found that a transcription factor called Slug serves…sciencecityJuly 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Neon Therapeutics’ Cancer Vaccine Effective in Melanoma and Lung and Bladder Cancers BioSpace | July 17, 2019 Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Neon Therapeutics announced top-line results in its Phase Ib clinical trial of NEO-PV-01, its personal…sciencecityJuly 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Tishman Launches Life Sciences Division, Starts with South Boston Project Boston Business Journal | July 17, 2019 New York-based real-estate development firm Tishman Speyer has partnered with Los Angeles-based private equity firm…sciencecityJuly 17, 2019 Read More
Local News Harvard Professor Still ‘Playing Science’ and Winning Federal Grants at Almost 94 CommonHealth | July 16, 2019 Harvard biochemistry professor Jack Strominger has published over 1,000 scientific papers. He discovered how penicillin kills…sciencecityJuly 16, 2019 Read More
Local News How Expectation Influences Perception: Neuroscientists Find Brain Activity Patterns That Encode Our Beliefs and Affect How We Interpret the World Around Us. MIT News | July 16, 2019 For decades, research has shown that our perception of the world is influenced by our…sciencecityJuly 16, 2019 Read More