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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Thursday August 08, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Broad Institute: Machine Learning Approach Helps Researchers Design Better Gene-Delivery Vehicles for Gene Therapy
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * The method could accelerate the development of more effective adeno-associated viruses (AAVs). * * * Gene therapy could potentially cure genetic diseases but it remains a challenge to package and deliver new genes to specific cells safely and effectively. Existing methods of engineering one of the most commonly used gene-delivery vehicles, adeno-associated viruses (AAV), are often slow and ineff  more

Ceres Celebrates Growing Bipartisan Support for the Inflation Reduction Act's Clean Energy Incentives
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 8 -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2024: Ceres applauds the public support for preserving the clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act from 18 Republican members of Congress led by Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), who made their case in a letter to House Speaker Mike John  more