Publications of the Week International Meta-Analysis of PTSD Genome-Wideassociation Studies Identifies Sex- and Ancestry-Specific Genetic Risk Loci Nievergelt, C., M.; et al. | October 10, 2019 The risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma is heritable, but robustcommon variants have…sciencecityOctober 10, 2019 Read More
Local News Flagship Pioneering rolls out another startup, Cygnal, with $65M in backing Boston Business Journal | October 9, 2019 Another company has rolled down Flagship Pioneering’s conveyor belt: Cygnal Therapeutics, which hopes to stop…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Interesting Articles CTE Risk More Than Doubles After Just Three Years of Playing Football BU School of Medicine | October 9, 2019 For every year of absorbing the pounding and repeated head collisions that comes with playing…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News How to Improve Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Broad Institute | October 9, 2019 About three million people in the United States suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Publications of the Week Mouse Embryo Geometry Drives Formation of Robust Signaling Gradients through Receptor Localization Zhang, Z; et al. | October 9, 2019 Morphogen signals are essential for cell fate specification during embryogenesis. Some receptors that sense these…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News New Capsule Can Orally Deliver Drugs That Usually Have to Be Injected MIT News | October 9, 2019 Many drugs, especially those made of proteins, cannot be taken orally because they are broken…sciencecityOctober 9, 2019 Read More
Local News William G. Kaelin, MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute wins 2019 Nobel Prize Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | October 8, 2019 William G. Kaelin Jr., MD, of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, and Brigham and Women’s…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Platelet BioGenesis Receives Contract Worth Up to $56 Million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to Develop Human Stem Cell-Derived Platelets as a Medical Countermeasure to Radiological and Nuclear Exposure BioSpace | October 8, 2019 Platelet Biogenesis Inc. (PBG), the leader in stem cell-derived, on-demand human platelets (PLTs+™) and genetically engineered…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More
Local News Exploring Autism by Way of Three Rare Genetic Disorders Boston Children's Hospital | October 8, 2019 Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is now believed to affect 1 in 59 children in the…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More
Uncategorized New Cambridge Biotech Korro Aims to Develop a Reversible Form of Gene Editing Boston Business Journal | October 8, 2019 Atlas Venture has announced the launch of a new biotech startup Monday based on a…sciencecityOctober 8, 2019 Read More