News 11.13.2023 Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics receives additional commitment from Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., to advance technologies that could transform cancer care Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics Blood Biopsy Read more
News 09.19.2022 Broad Discovery Center in Cambridge opens to the public this October Visitors are invited to explore galleries highlighting key discoveries and transformative insights in biomedicine. Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics NeuroGap Precision Cardiology Laboratory Cancer Program Chemical Biology and Therapeutics Science Program Genetic Perturbation Program Imaging Platform Medical and Population Genetics Program Metabolism Program Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program ... Read more
News 03.17.2022 New technique improves detection of cancer DNA in blood MAESTRO allows researchers to track thousands of rare DNA mutations in a patient’s blood sample more efficiently and at lower cost. Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics Cancer Program Cancer Blood biopsies Blood Biopsy News and Media Read more
News 03.13.2020 Personalized blood biopsies demonstrate potential as early-warning signal of breast cancer recurrence Tests that look for hundreds of tumor mutations in blood samples could one day be used to detect residual disease in patients after treatment. Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics Cancer Program Golub Lab Cancer Blood biopsies Blood Biopsy News and Media Read more
News 09.09.2019 Liquid biopsies reveal genetic alterations linked to cancer drug resistance A clinical study comparing liquid and tissue biopsies finds multiple resistance mechanisms in individual patients, which could explain why targeted therapies often fail. Cancer Program Cancer Blood Biopsy Read more
News 02.19.2019 Broad Institute launches Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics New endeavor will advance blood-based biopsies and other technologies to speed cancer diagnosis and track patients’ response to therapies Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics Blood biopsies Philanthropic partnerships Blood Biopsy Read more
News 11.06.2017 New techniques give blood biopsies greater promise Improved methods validate the use of blood samples for studying patients’ cancer genomes Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics Cancer Program Cancer Blood biopsies Blood Biopsy News and Media Sequencing Read more
News 11.02.2016 Blood biopsy offers new view of tumor evolution in multiple myeloma Analysis of single multiple myeloma cells in the blood can help explain drug resistance and could one day replace bone marrow biopsies Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics Blood biopsies Blood Biopsy Read more