Blog 12.14.2022 #WhyIScience Q&A: A cancer researcher has traveled the world to pursue her dream of developing better treatments Farzaneh Kordbacheh talks about her drive to study biotechnology and what it’s been like to do research on three continents. Cancer Read more
News 09.20.2022 Broad Institute expands in Kendall Square, leases additional 225,000 square-foot lab and office building for advanced biomedical research Addition of six-story facility will bring Broad’s footprint in Kendall to nearly one million square feet, significantly increasing lab space for scientific innovation News and Media 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 04.19.2022 Researchers find genetic “Achilles heel” in ovarian and uterine cancers A study looking for cancer genetic dependencies suggests that disrupting phosphate regulation in cancer cells could be a therapeutic strategy. Cancer Program Golub Lab Cancer Cancer Dependency Map DepMap News and Media 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 08.21.2021 Count Me In opens to all patients with cancer across the United States and Canada Research initiative allows anyone with a cancer diagnosis to share their data with research community Cancer Program Golub Lab Cancer Patients as partners News and Media Read more
News 12.09.2020 Map shows how cancer cells spread through the body The Metastasis Map can help researchers learn what causes some tumors to disseminate to different organs. Cancer Program Cancer Read more
News 05.18.2020 CRISPR enzyme can boost growth of cells with cancer mutations Cas9 can cut DNA without any guide RNA and select for cells with inactivated p53. Cancer Program Golub Lab CRISPR 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 01.20.2020 Dozens of non-oncology drugs can kill cancer cells A study testing thousands of medicines in hundreds of cancer cell lines in the lab uncovers new tricks for many old drugs Cancer Drug Repurposing Hub Drug Repurposing Hub Read more