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Brigham and Women’s Hospital is testing a nasal vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease
The hospital will enroll 16 participants aged 60 to 85 who have an early, symptomatic version of the disease to participate in the early-stage test.
Valo Health and Khosla Ventures call off $2.8 billion SPAC merger
The companies cited “current market conditions, particularly in the biotechnology area,” as the reason for calling off the deal, announced in June, which would have valued the combined firm at $2.8 billion.
Flagship Pioneering unveils another RNA startup, backing it with $50 million
Alltrna aims to use a form of RNA to potentially treat a wide range of diseases.
Bluebird Bio moving most employees from Kendall Square to Assembly Row
The announcement comes a day after it spun off its cancer drug business to a new publicly traded firm.
As labs replace offices across Greater Boston, pushback is mounting from wary neighbors
The rapid growth of biotech labs in Greater Boston might end up saving the region’s commercial real estate market, if not its entire economy, from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean everyone wants one to open next door.
Vertex reports positive results for first patient in Type 1 diabetes trial
The Boston-based biotech on Monday unveiled results showing that three months after being injected at Mass. General Hospital with an experimental stem-cell treatment, the patient's daily need for insulin had dropped by more than 90 percent.
Neumora hopes to bring precision medicine to brain disease treatments
The Waltham biotech has emerged from stealth mode with $500 million in funding.
Voyager Therapeutics signs $30m gene therapy licensing deal with Pfizer
The Cambridge biotech is focused on making the delivery of treatments more efficient.