Local News Potent Oral Agent Acting As Immunotherapy and Targeted Treatment Produces High Response Rate in Certain PatientsDana-Farber Cancer Institute | September 6, 2023A new agent that subverts myeloma cells from within while also subjecting them to an…sciencecitySeptember 6, 2023 Read More
Local News Denzil Streete Named Senior Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Graduate EducationMIT News | September 6, 2023After a national search, the MIT Office of the Vice Chancellor has named Denzil A.…sciencecitySeptember 6, 2023 Read More
Awards PhD Candidate to Use NIH Award to Study Cell Death in Cancer PatientsUMass Chan Medical School | September 5, 2023Nicholas Harper, a PhD candidate in the Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at UMass…sciencecitySeptember 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Brain-Region-Specific Changes in Neurons and Glia and Dysregulation of Dopamine Signaling in Grin2a Mutant MiceFarsi, Z., et al. | September 5, 2023A genetically valid animal model could transform our understanding of schizophrenia (SCZ) disease mechanisms. Rare…sciencecitySeptember 5, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Dynamics of RNA Polymerase II and Elongation Factor Spt4/5 Recruitment during Activator-Dependent TranscriptionRosen, G.A., et al. | December 16, 2020The synthesis of a eukaryotic messenger RNA molecule involves the association of RNA polymerase and…eabramovichDecember 16, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week A Macrophage-Specific lncRNA Regulates Apoptosis and Atherosclerosis by Tethering HuR in the NucleusSimion, V., et al. | December 11, 2020The authors identified a lncRNA termed MAARS that is expressed specifically in macrophages in atherosclerotic…eabramovichDecember 11, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Direct Tumor Killing and Immunotherapy through Anti-SerpinB9 TherapyJiang, L., et al. | December 7, 2020The authors found that serpin B9 (Sb9) prevents cancer cells from killing themselves due to…eabramovichDecember 7, 2020 Read More
Publications of the Week Tolerogenic Nanoparticles Suppress Central Nervous System InflammationKenison, J.E., et al. | December 4, 2020The authors developed a novel nanomaterial-based approach for antigen-specific immune modulation. This novel approach allows…eabramovichDecember 4, 2020 Read More
Local News Pfizer-Backed Flare Seeks Transcription Factor Therapies with $123M Series BBioSpace | March 23, 2023Flare Therapeutics closed an oversubscribed Series B funding round Wednesday counting $123 million in earnings, which it will…pthomsonMarch 23, 2023 Read More
Local News Why Do So Many Dementia Treatments Fail? Questioning Mouse Models of Tau AccumulationBoston Children's Hospital | March 22, 2023To date, the search for effective treatments for dementia has yielded only disappointments. Many recent…pthomsonMarch 22, 2023 Read More
Local News Early CTE Disease Process Mechanistically Different than What Occurs in Late StagesBU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine | March 22, 2023Millions of people, including athletes who play contact sports, members of the military and victims…pthomsonMarch 22, 2023 Read More
Local News #WhyIScience Q&A: A Molecular Biologist Builds Genome-Editing Tools to Treat Genetic DiseasesBroad Institute | March 22, 2023After watching Jurassic Park in fifth grade, Greg Newby wrote an essay for school about…pthomsonMarch 22, 2023 Read More
Publications of the Week Clinical Trial Links Oncolytic Immunoactivation to Survival in GlioblastomaLing, A., et al. | October 25, 2023Immunotherapy failures can result from the highly suppressive tumour microenvironment that characterizes aggressive forms of…sciencecityOctober 25, 2023 Read More
Local News Bringing Equity to Genomic Sequencing in Newborns: BabySeq 2.0Boston Children's Hospital | October 24, 2023Today, nearly 900 disorders caused by a single gene are known to be treatable. Yet…sciencecityOctober 24, 2023 Read More
Local News An Uncomfortable Truth: How Stigma and a Lack of Funding Has Set Back Research and Treatments for Vulvovaginal DisordersBench Press | October 24, 2023The world of medicine has made remarkable strides in diagnosing and treating various health conditions,…sciencecityOctober 24, 2023 Read More