In the lab: Research roundup

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The scientists • Barak A. Cohen, Ph.D., the Alvin Golfarb Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology; F. Sessions Cole, M.D., the Park J. White M.D. Professor of Pediatrics, director of the division of newborn medicine and chief medical officer …
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Senators who voted for Syria strike got more defense contractor dough

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“We're going to have to make some hard choices, I think, in the next few weeks about what we do with some of our programs.” Kendall did not comment on whether impending military action in Syria, which still awaits full congressional approval, would …
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Scientists begin human trial of implantable vaccine to treat melanoma

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A new effort, which was first proven to eliminate tumors in mice, instead uses a small disk-like sponge about the size of a fingernail that is made from U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved polymers. The sponge is implanted … “It is rare to get …
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Novel therapeutic cancer vaccine goes to human clinical trials

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6, 2013 — 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. … J. Mooney, Ph.D., who is …
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