AstraZeneca said an experimental cancer drug shrank tumors in half of patients in an early-stage study, a result that may help its case that Pfizer Inc.’s takeover bid substantially undervalues the company. Pasi Janne, professor of medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, is the lead author of the study.
Although demand for workers with STEM qualifications has only grown in recent years, a minority of students elect to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in high school and college. HMS student Omar Abudayyeh is quoted.
Paula Johnson, professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, offered her take on the recent news from the NIH about ending gender bias in basic research.
Books written by Osama Hamdy, assistant professor of medicine at Joslin Diabetes Center, and Malissa Wood, assistant professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, are featured.
