CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * "Bottlebrush" particles deliver big chemotherapy payloads directly to cancer cells * Using tiny particles shaped like bottlebrushes, MIT chemists have found a way to deliver a large range of chemotherapy drugs directly to tumor cells. To guide them to the right location, each particle contains an antibody that targets a specific tumor protein. This antibody is tethered to bottleb  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- A coalition of 22 attorneys general has formally opposed a Proposed Rule issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that seeks to ban abortion and abortion counseling from the medical benefits package provided to veterans and their dependents. The public comment letter, spearheaded by the attorneys general of California and Massachusetts, raises serious concerns about the implications of the rule, which aims to reinstate a full exclusion on these services that   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 8 [Category: Environment] (TNSrpt) -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Access Denied: How the Trump Administration is Eliminating Public Input * The report, " Access Denied: How the Trump Administration Is Eliminating Public Input," found that six federal science agencies did not allow public participation in 182 out of 591 rules that were issued, rolled back, or delayed between January 20 and July 31 of this year. "  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release: [Category: BizEnergy] * * * Ameresco and U.S. Navy Partner to Build AI-Optimized Data Center and Energy Infrastructure at NAS Lemoore * FRAMINGHAM, MA and LEMOORE, CA - September 9, 2025 - In a significant move to advance America's leadership in artificial intelligence and energy dominance, Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE: AMRC), a leading en  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Asset Management Attorneys Explore Recent SEC Compliance Guidance for Rule 506(c) and ETF Share Class Relief in The Investment Lawyer * In March 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an interpretive letter introducing an objective framework for satisfying the verification requirement of Rule 506(c). This new guidance is designed to reduce compliance unce  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Confidence in the US-UK Corridor Takes a Hit - 2025 Transatlantic Confidence Index * The 5th edition of the annual index from BritishAmerican Business and Bain & Company reveals confidence in the US-UK transatlantic business corridor dropped to its lowest level since the Index began * UK companies' confidence in the US business environment dropped significantly for  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: BizHospital] (TNSjou) -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Blood Test Identifies HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancers Up to 10 Years Before Symptoms * Mass General Brigham's HPV-DeepSeek test achieves much earlier blood-based cancer detection, opening new path for HPV-associated head and neck cancer screening. *** Original text here: https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/blood-test-identifi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Direct-To-Consumer Home Solutions Company Leaf Home Acquires Erie Home * Ropes & Gray represented Gridiron Capital and Leaf Home in Leaf's acquisition of Erie Home, combining two of the foremost leaders in the direct-to-consumer home solutions sector. Both Leaf and Erie are part of the Gridiron portfolio of companies. The acquisition was announced in a Sept. 8 press release  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 [Category: Financial Services] -- America's Credit Unions posted the following news: * * * Hanscom FCU CEO to represent credit unions at Senate deposit insurance hearing * Peter Rice, President and CEO of Hanscom Federal Credit Union and member of America's Credit Unions, the Cooperative Credit Union Association, and DCUC, is set to be the sole credit union representative at a critical Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on deposit insurance refor  more

HEMPSTEAD, New York, Sept. 10 (TNSxrep) -- Hofstra University issued the following news: * * * Evaluating Vaccination Rates by State Dr. Martine Hackett, associate professor and chair of Hofstra's Department of Population Health was interviewed by WalletHub about the states with the highest vaccination rates. According to the report, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Washington, Connecticut, and Rhode Island rank in the top five. "Confidence in vaccines matter because disease prevention matters,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * ICE Arrests Worst of the Worst Including Rapists, Child Abusers, Drug Traffickers, and Other Violent Thugs During Operation Patriot 2.0 in Sanctuary Boston * Criminal illegal aliens flock to Sanctuary cities like Boston where politicians will allow them to terrorize innocent Americans WASHINGTON -- Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following information, high  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Law360, Evan Gourvitz Discusses AI-Related Copyright Litigation * In a Law360 article, IP litigation counsel Evan Gourvitz discussed lawsuits accusing AI developers of infringing the copyright rights of authors by using copyrighted materials without authorization to train their models. Evan noted that courts have dealt with seismic technological changes before, and tha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * In New Responses to Warren, Fed Governor Nominee Stephen Miran Shows He Will Serve Donald Trump Miran refuses to resign as President's top economic advisor if confirmed; Refuses to commit to resign after this term is over in January 2026; Refuses to commit to disclosing conversations with Donald Tru  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Law360 Highlights Ropes & Gray's Insights on Investor Control in Real Estate Fundraising * A recent Law360 Real Estate Authority article spotlights the growing trend of institutional investors negotiating for greater control and customized arrangements in real estate funds, as market uncertainties persist in 2025. Eric Requenez and Jason Kolman, both partners in Ropes & G  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers has expressed serious concerns regarding the potential negative impacts of the 340B rebate pilot program proposed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The League's public comment letter emphasizes the risks this pilot poses not only to Community Health Centers (CHCs) but also to the approximately 32.5 million medically underserved patients they serve across the Commonwealth. The Massachusetts Leag  more

NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- Matter Communications, a public relation and social media firm, issued the following news: * * * Matter Helps Companies Lead in Generative AI Era with New AI Brand Discovery Service Among the first agencies to provide Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) solutions, Matter empowers brands to be discovered in zero-click search environments. * Boston, September 9, 2025 - Matter Communications -- an agency delivering proven PR, marketing and creative solu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Mauna Kea Technologies, Allston, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services concerning proposed changes to the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System for the year 2026. The company is particularly concerned about CPT 43252, which pertains to a specific esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedure utilizing their advanced Cellvizio imaging platform. In its com  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. James McGovern, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * McGovern Champions Human Rights with Amendment Proposals to FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act * WASHINGTON-- Today, during consideration of the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by the House Rules Committee, Ranking Member Jim McGovern (MA-02) offered a series of amendments to enhance America's support for human rights and human dignity around the world. As Co-Chair   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * How Meritocracy Can Backfire -- and Five Steps to Address It A new book by MIT Sloan professor Emilio J. Castilla offers managers and leaders a practical, data-driven roadmap for building fairer and more effective talent management systems * Merit has long been considered the gold standard for hiring, evaluating, and promoting within   more

WALTHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- National Grid, an electricity and natural gas delivery company, issued the following news release: * * * National Grid Economic Development Investments in Oswego County Power Growth Oswego County, with its international port, skilled workforce, and nationally recognized institutions of higher education, is one of New York state's hidden economic gems. National Grid has played a pivotal role in driving economic growth in Oswego County for decades, and has re  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley Demands Answers from Powell on Rising Black Women Unemployment Rate * Congresswoman Demands Fed Take Action to Uphold its Mandate of Maximum Employment for All Workers Pressley Also Presses Powell on Fed Independence, Trump's Illegal Firing of Lisa Cook "In August 2025, 6.7% of Black women faced unemployment, which is above the already high national average of 4.3%." "You should see   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Research Spotlight: Immune Defense Punches Holes in the Heart * Nina Kumowski, MD, of the Department of Radiology and Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD of the Department of Radiology and Center for Systems Biology at MGH, is the senior author of a paper published in Science, " Resistin-like mole  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Rushed Approval of Tritium Venting for Los Alamos National Laboratory Ignores Public Input, Alternatives * Yesterday, the New Mexico Environment Department approved Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the National Nuclear Security Administration to release gas from tritium waste containers stored in New Mexico. The choice to vent tritium from waste con  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Study finds cell memory can be more like a dimmer dial than an on/off switch * When cells are healthy, we don't expect them to suddenly change cell types. A skin cell on your hand won't naturally morph into a brain cell, and vice versa. That's thanks to epigenetic memory, which enables the expression of various genes to "lock in" throughout a cell's lifetime. Failure of this memory  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * US holiday retail sales to reach more than $975B despite below-average growth, Bain & Company estimates * US retail sales to grow 4% YoY in November and December--healthy but below the 10-year average, Bain forecasts * Consumers to shop more in-store this year compared to last, finds survey * Nonstore sales to account for half of all retail sales despite decrease   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 8 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Collaborates with Developers to Alleviate Worcester Housing Crisis * The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC) recently released a study finding that the City of Worcester will need to produce 8,600 new housing units over the next 10 years   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * Warren Presses Miran on Discrepancies in Financial Disclosures, Relationship with For-Profit University Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, sent a letter to President Trump's Federal Reserve Board of Governors No  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Statement on Crypto Market Structure Legislation United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement: "Producing a new crypto regulatory regime requires legislation that can pass both the House and the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, King, Lawmakers Slam Treasury for Creating Loopholes In Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax * "These notices weaken CAMT under the cover of bureaucratic rulemaking and give the largest and wealthiest corporations yet another get-out-of-paying-taxes-free card." Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Angus King (I-Maine) led Senators Jo  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2025: * * * Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution launches Ocean Learning Hub Digital gateway to ocean science now available for curious minds worldwide * The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) today announced the launch of the Ocean Learning Hub, an interactive digital platform that provides teachers, students, and lifelong learners with unprecedented access to   more