In more great career news for the CARES Lab team, Zach Branson has been appointed Assistant Teaching Professor in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Statistics and Data Science. This sees Zach return to his alma mater where he acquired a BS in Economics and Statistics and BA in Professional Writing before coming to Harvard.

A few months ago, Lisa Diller saw a family she has treated for years in her cancer clinic. Their story is one of tragedy, and of hope.

The mother had an eye removed out of medical necessity at the age of 2, but knew little about the details of her condition. Years later, her 2-year-old son developed a rare and aggressive form of cancer — retinoblastoma — that involves the uncontrolled growth of immature cells in the retina. By the age of 5 he was blind. The devastating disease in mother and son was...

Protecting transplanted cells from immune attack is a serious challenge. As with any organ transplant, cell lines derived from stem cells are sometimes rejected. Innovations by Harvard University researchers are now enabling a new company to develop a solution that may work in cell therapies for any patient with any disease.

Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) has executed a license agreement with Sana Biotechnology, a recently launched company co-founded by Harvard faculty that is focused on creating and delivering engineered cells as...