CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 (TNSjou) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * A single-letter edit in DNA reduces levels of the disease-causing prion protein in the brain and could lead to a preventative, one-time treatment for the deadly neurodegenerative disorder. * * * Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a gene-editing treatment for prion disease that extends lifespan by about 50 percent in a mouse model of the fatal neurodegenerative   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 -- The Greater Boston Food Bank issued the following news release: The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, announced today that Global Partners (Global), a leading independent liquid energy supplier and retail operator, has been named the Official Fuel Sponsor of GBFB for 2025. Global has pledged to cover the annual fuel costs for GBFB's fleet of eight delivery trucks that travel throughout Eastern Massachusetts   more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Jan. 15 (TNSres) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following publications on Jan. 14, 2025: * * * Every month, research from MBL scientists and affiliates is published in academic journals across the globe. In December 2024, 7 new studies were published. MBL-affiliated authors are in bold. Our list of recent publications is updated weekly here (https://www.mbl.edu/research/scientific-publications). Bower, D.,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 14 -- The Project on Predatory Student Lending issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2025: The Project on Predatory Student Lending (PPSL), the leading legal organization representing student borrowers against predatory for-profit colleges, issued the following statement on President Biden's announcement today that the Biden-Harris administration will approve additional student debt relief measures, totaling announcements of $183.6 billion in student loan for  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSres) -- The Violence Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, New Mexico, and Alaska Have Highest Gun Death Rates in the Nation Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Hawaii Have Lowest Gun Death Rates in the Nation * * * New data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that states with the highest rates of overall gun death in the nation are those with weak gun violence pre  more