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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday August 01, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Advanced 'Parkinson's in a Dish' Model Accelerates Brain Disease Research
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * A new model developed by Brigham researchers rapidly converts stem cells to brain cells characteristic of Parkinson's disease to create personalized stem cell models with opportunities to test treatments * * * Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, have developed a model that rapidly converts stem cells to brai  more

Cooper Innovation Center Researchers Collaborate to Patent a First-of-Its-Kind Ultrasound-Pressure Technology to Study Heart and Vascular Function
CAMDEN, New Jersey, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- Cooper University Health Care issued the following news release: Cardiovascular researchers at Cooper University Health Care have discovered a revolutionary new technology that has the potential to fundamentally change how clinicians study heart and vascular function. Lawrence Mulligan, PhD, FAHA, director of research in the Department of Anesthesiology at Cooper and Associate Professor at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, in collaboration with J  more

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and UNIQLO Announce 'Dark Fantasy' Collaboration and Events Celebrating Arts of Japan
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and global apparel retailer UNIQLO have announced a new collection of UT Graphic Tees inspired by ukiyo-e prints from the Museum's preeminent holdings of Japanese art. Drawing on the success of earlier collaborations, the "Dark Fantasy" collection comprises four new T-shirts depicting monsters and ghosts that appeared in popular books and  more

South Sudan: People in Pibor County Resort to Eating Wild Vegetables as Hunger Crisis Deepens
BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 31 -- Oxfam America issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: People in South Sudan's Pibor county are forced to survive on wild vegetables and desert dates as the number of people dying from starvation rises. With torrential rains halting aid flights, the situation could get much worse quickly, warned Oxfam today. More than half the population - over 7 million people - are already facing extreme hunger, including nearly 79,000 people facing starvation, wh  more