Archive for June 2020

Strategies to cure various types of blindness are looking more plausible after a series of recent breakthroughs using gene editing and gene therapy. Read More

The Business Journal is publishing its first standalone list of minority-owned businesses. In previous years the list was combined with women-owned businesses, but months ago, we decided that it was time to divide the two groups. Read More

Massachusetts can’t afford to ignore investment in clean wind energy that will help bring more jobs to the commonwealth and mitigate the effects of climate change. Read More

Five more Massachusetts colleges are slated to have Black leaders this summer, but our largest universities are still led by presidents who are overwhelmingly white. Read More

Good morning, friends. Here are the five things you need to know to start your workday, plus a step your company can take in the effort for racial justice. Read More

The available workforce and infrastructure problems could hamper Massachusetts’ booming life sciences industry, according to the State of Possible 2025 report, which was released by industry group MassBio on Thursday. Read More

Sana has grown to about 230 employees spread among three cities, including Cambridge. Adding additional employees will be determined by the company’s progress in developing therapies. Read More

The Boston-based investor takes the reins from co-founder Atiq Raza, who was previously chief operating officer at AMD. Read More

The state’s early education and child care system will need an estimated $690 million in new funding over the next few months to resume operations under stricter regulations after the staggering blow it has taken so far during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report. Read More