Genetics Technology Developed By Broad Institute Could Lead To More Crops,...
An agricultural company has acquired licensing rights for a gene editing technology developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Broad Institute and Harvard University.
View ArticleDoes Monsanto’s Roundup Cause Cancer? Trial Highlights The Difficulty Of...
This question is at issue now in a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court.
View ArticleAre Immigrants Health Care 'Moochers'? On The Contrary, Boston Researchers Say
More than half of Americans think immigrants are at least partly responsible for the nation's high health care costs. Their actual spending tells a different story.
View ArticleStudy Finds Women Less Likely To Survive Heart Attack If Treated By Male Doctor
A Harvard researcher has found that women are 12 percent less likely to survive a heart attack if treated by a male doctor rather than a female one.
View ArticleConstruction And Fishing Industries Have Highest Opioid OD Death Rates In Mass.
For fishermen, a state report finds the death rate is more than five times higher than among all Massachusetts workers. In construction and mining, the death rate is six times higher.
View ArticleState's New 'Drive Sober Or Get Pulled Over' Ad Focuses On Marijuana-Impaired...
With adult-use cannabis sales in Massachusetts soon to begin, the campaign is pushing for people who use cannabis to take the MBTA, taxis or ride-hailing services to get home.
View ArticleFramingham Native Returns To Mass. As CEO Of Tufts Medical Center
The hospital announced Wednesday it is appointing Dr. Michael Apkon, current president and CEO for The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, as its next leader.
View ArticleHigh Number Of Cape Cod Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus
Public health officials say an unusually high number of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus on Cape Cod.
View ArticleGender Identity: Should We Raise Our Children Gender Neutral?
Two area doctors consider the pros and cons of parents raising their children without gender.
View ArticleA New Genetic Test For Heart Attacks Could Help People Avoid Unpleasant...
Looking at data from 6.6 million spots in the genome, Boston area researchers have found ways to identify genetic risk for heart attack and other health issues.
View ArticleWhat's Next Now That Monsanto Was Found Liable In First Trial Over Weed...
Friday's verdict in a California case involving a school groundskeeper who blames Roundup for his lymphoma is just the first in what could be a long legal battle over the weed killer.
View ArticleOpioid Law Is A 'Blueprint' For The Nation, Gov. Baker Says At Ceremonial...
The opioid bill has been touted by the governor's re-election campaign as another step taken in curtailing the opioid epidemic.
View ArticleAlzheimer's Advocates Hail Law Aimed At Raising Awareness
Alzheimer's advocates in Massachusetts are hailing a new law that aims to raise awareness about the disease while also increasing efforts to train caregivers about recognizing and treating dementia...
View ArticleInterfaith Leaders Are Against The Hospital Merger That Would Create A Second...
Leaders of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization make their case against the Beth Israel/Lahey merger.
View ArticleWhy Mass. Biotech Council Leader Supports Merger That Would Create Second...
The President and CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology council makes his case in support of the Beth Israel/Lahey merger.
View ArticleBoston Children's Hospital Constructs Penis For Transgender Man — A First In...
Children's is the first hospital in the state to offer what's called phalloplasty. The first patient to have the surgery, Zack Hogle, says he is now "complete."
View ArticleThe Doctors Without MDs: What Makes Osteopathic Medicine Different?
Around one in 10 doctors in the U.S. today is an osteopathic physician, or DO for short. But millions of Americans still don't know DOs exist.
View ArticleCambridge Nursing Home To Shut Doors By Year's End
Sancta Maria Nursing Facility made the announcement Friday, saying it intended to sell or lease its buildings and stop all operations by the end of the year.
View Article1 Million DNA Shares: Cambridge Nonprofit Akin To Science Airbnb Approaches...
Addgene is a prime example of the "open science" movement that promotes sharing data, results and materials in hopes of speeding up science.
View ArticleBU's Infectious Disease Lab Begins Ebola Research
Eight months after receiving final approval from the city to conduct research at Biosafety Level 4, Boston University’s lab has begun work with its first Level-4 pathogen, the Ebola virus.
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