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Fibrosis is a major complication of Crohn’s disease (CD) marked by excess deposition of extracellular…
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Six current MIT affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni have been elected as fellows of…
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Two postdocs from the Dulac Lab have recently been awarded fellowships. Changwoo Seo was selected…
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UMass Chan Medical School has received a five-year, $4.4 million grant from the National Cancer…
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The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), a cancer research consortium comprised of five of Boston’s academic…
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