BOSTON, Jan. 7 (TNSJou) -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: A combination of two drugs that target different proteins on immune system T cells kept advanced melanoma in check significantly longer than one of the drugs alone in a phase 3 clinical trial involving 714 patients. The trial, known as the RELATIVITY-047 study was co-led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators and the results were reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine. "Immune c  more

LUHE, Germany, Jan. 7 -- Marine Ecology Progress Series, a journal that says it covers all aspects of marine ecology, fundamental and applied from the Inter-Research Science Center, published research articles, including the following topics, in its Vol. 681, No. 1 edition: RESEARCH ARTICLES: * Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids reveals dependency on grazing rather than detritivory in mangrove food webs * Mangrove carbon sustains artisanal fish and other estuarine consumers in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Jan. 7 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $12,460,000 tax-exempt lease on behalf of the WGBH Educational Foundation (GBH). GBH will use the proceeds to fund renovations and electrical system upgrades and buy and install equipment at its building at 44 Hampden St. in Springfield, which is home to GBH partner New England Public Media (NEPM), a new nonprofit created by a merger of public television station WGBY and public radio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 5, 2022: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded the Woonsocket Police Department a three-year $819,109 grant to create a new diversion program aimed at connecting people who are struggling with opioid addiction to treatment rather than sending them to jail. Woon  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Jan. 7 -- The University of Mississippi issued the following news release: A graduate of the University of Mississippi's Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College has been awarded a prestigious scholarship from the National Collegiate Honors Council. Brigitte A. Lewis, who graduated summa cum laude in May 2021 with a bachelor's degree in African American studies and English, and minors in in creative writing and French, has been named a 2021 NCHC Portz Scholar. The native o  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressman David Cicilline today announced that the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance has awarded the Woonsocket Police Department a three-year $819,109 grant to create a new diversion program aimed at connecting people who are struggling with opioid addiction to treatment rather than sending them to jail. Woonsocket  more