Category: Boston

Application period opens on June 21st
Contact: Angus G. McQuilken, MLSC VP for Communications
Boston, MA – Governor Patrick, the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, MassBio and MassMEDIC today urged qualifying companies to apply for the Therapeutic Discovery Tax Credit, a new federal program created under the Affordable Care Act to support biomedical research. Qualifying companies may apply to the new federal program starting on Monday, June 21, 2010 with applications due by July 21, 2010. Applicants will receive a determination no later than October 29, 2010. More information is available on the web site of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, www.masslifescience.com.
For Release:Contact: Edna Kaplan or Barry Wanger
2:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 16 Wanger Associates
Barry@WangerAssociates.com
617-965-6469 (office)
617-974-8659 (cell)
Research Opens Door for Developing New Treatments
Boston, MA (November 16, 2009) -- Scientists at Biomodels have successfully
developed the first model that accurately duplicates human cancer
treatment-related fatigue (CTRF).
Center for Life Science Boston
bill.kane@biomedrealty.com
www.biomedrealty.com/property_clsb.asp
The interior offers lab ready shell space that adheres to the most rigorous laboratory building standards yet can be easily reconfigured to accommodate researchers? changing needs. Rentable Square Feet: 703.000
Medtech Ignite
info@medtechignite.com
www.medtechignite.com
The premier program in Massachusetts for nurturing medical device entrepreneurs at the early stages of their companys conceptualization formation and development.
For Immediate Release: Date: 10/28/09
Grant Brings Total MLSC Funding for project to $12.9 Million
MGH contacts:
For immediate release: Monday, October 5, 2009
Prestigious prize honors Mass. General scientist for role in discovery of telomerase, enzyme that protects chromosome tips
BOSTON – Jack W. Szostak, PhD, of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Department of Molecular Biology and Harvard Medical School has been named a recipient of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work predicting and then discovering telomerase, an enzyme that builds and maintains the protective caps at the tips of chromosomes. He shares this year’s prestigious scientific award with Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, of the University of California at San Francisco and Carol W. Greider, PhD, of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. In 2006 the three researchers shared the Lasker Award for Basic Science for the same work.
State of the Art, 500,000 Square Foot Research Facility to House Advanced Therapeutics Cluster