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This unassuming material is capable of capturing or releasing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in response to moisture swings.
Pulling carbon dioxide out of the air using moisture
A more efficient way to capture fresh water from the air
Bringing transformative potential to agriculture with a natural technology for ‘dimming’ genes
Staving off coral reef collapse via a new technique
Producing energy from evaporating tap or seawater with new nanoscale devices
Setting the stage for regenerative therapy by turning skin cells into limb cells

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

August 30, 2019

Dana–Farber Cancer Institute is a comprehensive cancer treatment and research center in Boston, Massachusetts

An innovative stapled lipopeptides nasal spray could block Covid 19

An innovative stapled lipopeptides nasal spray could block Covid 19

A breakthrough in the treatment of telomere diseases

A breakthrough in the treatment of telomere diseases

A new blood test detected more than 50 types of cancer as well as their location within the body

A new blood test detected more than 50 types of cancer as well as their location within the body

New tricks for many old drugs to kill cancer cells

New tricks for many old drugs to kill cancer cells

A new blood test can detect multiple types of cancer

In study, test proved able to detect and localize more than 20 types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy Test detected methylation patterns associated with cancer in free-floating DNA in blood A new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy,

A new blood test can detect multiple types of cancer

Implanting a gel containing immunotherapy during surgical removal of a tumor may prevent the tumor from recurring

A new study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists suggests it may be possible to prevent tumors from recurring and to eradicate metastatic growths by implanting a gel containing immunotherapy during surgical removal of a tumor. In the study, published online today by Science Translational Medicine, researchers removed breast tumors from mice and placed biodegradable gels

Implanting a gel containing immunotherapy during surgical removal of a tumor may prevent the tumor from recurring

A personal cancer treatment vaccine for melanoma

A personal cancer treatment vaccine that targets distinctive “neoantigens” on tumor cells has been shown to stimulate a potent, safe, and highly specific immune anti-tumor response in melanoma patients, report scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. The study, published online by Nature “provides proof-of-principle that a personal vaccine tailored to a patient’s

A personal cancer treatment vaccine for melanoma

USC scientists open door for asthma cure

Study identifies molecule critical to asthma-causing cell’s survival Scientists led by molecular immunologists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a way to target a recently discovered cell type that causes asthma, paving the way to cure the chronic respiratory disease that affects 25 million Americans. The

USC scientists open door for asthma cure

Promising results for Swedish cancer drug candidate

A new study conducted by scientists from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School and Karolinska Institutet presents very promising results for the treatment of the cancer form multiple myeloma. The drug candidate used in the research has been developed by scientists from Karolinska Institutet and a Swedish company following its initial identification at

Promising results for Swedish cancer drug candidate

Cross-Disciplinary Team From Harvard and Dana-Farber Brings Novel Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine to Human Clinical Trials

Designed to target skin cancer, the implantable vaccine opens a door to treating many cancers and inflammatory diseases A cross-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and clinicians announced today that they have begun a Phase I clinical trial of an implantable vaccine to treat melanoma, the most lethal form of skin cancer. The effort is the

Cross-Disciplinary Team From Harvard and Dana-Farber Brings Novel Therapeutic Cancer Vaccine to Human Clinical Trials

Solving Big-Data Bottleneck

Scientists team with business innovators to tackle research hurdles In a study that represents a potential cultural shift in how basic science research can be conducted, researchers from Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School and London Business School have demonstrated that a crowdsourcing platform pioneered in the commercial sector can solve a complex biological problem

Solving Big-Data Bottleneck

A male contraceptive pill in the making?

“These findings suggest that a reversible, oral male contraceptive may be possible” The development of a male contraceptive pill has long proven to be elusive, but findings from a new study may point scientists in the right direction to making oral birth control for men a reality. Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Baylor College

A male contraceptive pill in the making?

First Targeted Nanomedicine to Enter Human Clinical Studies

BIND-014 is the first targeted and programmed nanomedicine to enter human clinical studies A team of scientists, engineers and physicians from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), Harvard Medical School (HMS), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), BIND Biosciences, Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Wayne State University Karmanos Cancer Institute, and Weill Cornell

First Targeted Nanomedicine to Enter Human Clinical Studies

Cancer Research: Take Five

An ambitious plan for curing cancer in a businesslike way is in the works   RON DEPINHO is a man on a mission. Oddly, though, he does not yet know exactly what that mission is. Dr DePinho is the new president of the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, Texas. (He took over in September,

Cancer Research: Take Five

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