Home>News & Publications:News from the Broad

News from the Broad

The Broad Institute is committed to open sharing not only of its scientific data and tools, but also information and news about our progress towards achieving our mission. Below are just a few highlights from the Broad scientific community.

    • An artist's depiction of the CRISPR system in action.
      Illustration by Stephen Dixon

    In vivo CRISPR-Cas9 screen sheds light on cancer metastasis and tumor evolution

    March 5th, 2015
    Genome-scale study points to drivers of tumor evolution and metastasis, provides roadmap for future in vivo Cas9 screens
    Read Full Story

  • Ebola researchers call for open access to research in response to outbreaks

    February 27th, 2015

    This week in the journal Nature, Broad scientists Nathan Yozwiak, Stephen Schaffner, and Pardis Sabeti shared lessons they have learned from sequencing and sharing genomic data on the Ebola virus during the ongoing outbreak in West Africa. In their commentary, the researchers called on the international scientific and medical communities to establish new principles for sharing data during epidemics. The Boston Globe also covered the story.

  • New clues from canine cancer

    February 24th, 2015

    Dogs, like humans, can develop blood system cancers that share similarities with human blood cancer. A team of scientists, led by the Broad's Kerstin Lindblad-Toh and co-senior authors from North Carolina State University and the University of Minnesota, recently conducted a genome-wide association study in dogs to identify genetic risk factors for hematologic cancer, focusing on two malignancies and uncovering two shared genomic loci that predispose dogs to both diseases.

  • Examination of mammary epithelial cells reveal epigenetic changes from pregnancy

    February 23rd, 2015

    Most organs develop and differentiate in the womb. Not so the mammary gland, which becomes fully functional through puberty and pregnancy. This unique organ gains further mystique in that its use seems to stave off breast cancer.

  • Stanley Center at the Broad Institute and New York Stem Cell Foundation partner to develop stem cell resource for schizophrenia and psychiatric diseases

    February 19th, 2015
    Induced pluripotent stem cell lines to be made from people with schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders, to study cell changes
    Read Full Story