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The Path To Creating the World’s Smallest Laser Light Show, and How Researchers Are Using It to Track Cancer Cells

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Cancer | 0 comment | 2 May, 2025 | 0

If you are a fan of sci-fi like myself, believe in aliens like my boss does, or are a cat parent that likes to get in some cat-ercise, lasers are probably a big part of your life (or at least your cat’s).   But besides the occasional blaster or laser pointer, you may not think thereRead more

How a Personal Story Fueled a Researcher’s Passion to Pursue Breast Cancer Research

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | Cancer, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, MGH Research Scholars | 0 comment | 18 October, 2024 | 1

Mass General researcher Matt Rosen, PhD, is all too familiar with the devastating effects of a late breast cancer diagnosis.

World Cancer Research Day: How MGH Research Scholars are Helping to Move the Field Forward

By Brian Burns | Cancer, MGH Research Scholars | 0 comment | 24 September, 2024 | 1

The unrestricted funding provided by the MGH Research Scholar awards is enabling creative new approaches to cancer research.

Tracking Differences in “Time to Surgery” for Breast Cancer Patients Could Reduce Disparities and Improve Outcomes

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | Cancer | 0 comment | 8 April, 2024 | 1

A recent study both validated time to surgery as a standardized metric for breast cancer care and identified a worrying difference in time to surgery between Black and white patients.

Through the Magnifying Glass: The Faden Lab

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Cancer, Eye and Ear, Through the Magnifying Glass | 0 comment | 29 March, 2024 | 1

How Daniel Faden, MD, and his team are working on developing and applying blood based cancer diagnostic tools.

The Astonishing Team Effort that Led to the First Trial of CAR T Cells for Glioblastoma at Mass General Brigham

By Brian Burns | Cancer | 2 comments | 19 March, 2024 | 0

It took contributions from almost 100 people to translate promising lab findings into a first-in-human treatment for glioblastoma.

Through the Magnifying Glass: The Boland Lab

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Cancer, MGH Research Scholars, Through the Magnifying Glass | 0 comment | 28 February, 2024 | 0

Genevieve Boland, MD, PhD, a physician-investigator in the Cancer Center at Mass General, is researching skin cancer and related diseases.

Through the Magnifying Glass: The Demehri Lab

By Nicoletta Valenzano, MPH | Cancer, MGH Research Scholars, Through the Magnifying Glass | 0 comment | 31 October, 2023 | 0

A close-up look at the Demehri Lab and how they are working to understand the immune system’s role in early cancer development.

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DreAMLand App Seeks to Help Patients Cope with the Trauma of an Acute Myeloid Leukemia Diagnosis

By Brian Burns | Cancer | 0 comment | 24 July, 2023 | 0

A Mass General oncologist has designed an iPad app to help patients navigate the challenges of acute myeloid leukemia treatment.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Q&A featuring Manisha Bahl, MD, MPH

By Marcela Quintanilla-Dieck | Cancer, Imaging & Radiology | 0 comment | 28 October, 2022 | 0

Dr. Bahl is using artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning (DL) to improve the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer.

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