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2017 Convocation Ceremony
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Media reports: First RNAi drug, based on Craig Mello discovery, nearing market
The breakthrough discovery of RNA interference that earned UMass Medical School Professor Craig C. Mello, PhD, and Andrew Z. Fire, PhD, of Stanford University, the 2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine is yielding its first commercial drug, and possibly a new class of drugs, according to numerous media reports, including stories in Stat News, Forbes and Worcester Business Journal.
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Marian Walhout receives $4.1 million outstanding investigator award from NIH
Marian Walhout, PhD, has received a 5-year, $4.1 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to continue her study of metabolism and gene expression and how they interact.
Read moreTherapeutic genome editing by combined viral and non-viral delivery of CRISPR system components in vivo
Epigenetic characteristics of the mitotic chromosome in 1D and 3D
Bacterial Metabolism Affects the C. elegans Response to Cancer Chemotherapeutics
Microsatellite Expansion Diseases: Repeat Toxicity Found in Translation
Education
Graduate Entry Pathway pinning launches advanced practice nursing careers
The Graduate School of Nursing’s annual Graduate Entry Pathway Pinning Ceremony kicked off Convocation Week at UMass Medical School on Sept. 11 when 30 doctoral students received pins symbolizing their entry into the nursing profession.
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Worcester Public Schools and UMass Medical School unveil family support services initiative
UMass Medical School is stocking a school food pantry, distributing 700 backpacks filled with supplies to students and installing washers and dryers in the Worcester Public Schools, thanks to support from the Remillard Family Community Service Fund.
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