Tag: Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

  • Nation & World

    Cystic fibrosis clues found in newly identified cell type

    Researchers have found cells that appear to be the primary source of activity of the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis, a serious, multiorgan disease.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Cambridge, Harvard, and MIT sign compact

    The city of Cambridge, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have signed a “Community Compact for a Sustainable Future,” aimed at leveraging the intellectual and entrepreneurial capacity of the public-private sectors in Cambridge to build a healthy, livable, and sustainable future.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Writing the book of cancer knowledge

    The Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia is an academic-industry collaboration resource that marries deeply detailed cancer genome data with predictors of drug response, information that could lead to refinements in cancer clinical trials and future treatments.

    4 minutes