JAX spinout Cyteir Therapeutics Inc. announces $5.5 million Series A financing round
November 05, 2015 16:07 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
CAMBRIDGE, MA, MASS., Nov. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cyteir Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based biopharmaceutical company, announced today the close of a Series A financing totaling $5.5 million....
Treatment restores some function in animal models of spinal muscular atrophy
October 14, 2015 08:05 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Oct. 14, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In work involving several new generations of mouse model development, Jackson Laboratory (JAX) researchers have tested a therapeutic intervention...
JAX Genomic Medicine receives $3.7 million federal grant to develop a new system for understanding the 3D genome
October 12, 2015 10:13 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
FARMINGTON, Conn., Oct. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A five-year, $3.7 million grant was awarded to a team led by Professor Yijun Ruan, Ph.D., of The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) for Genomic Medicine to...
Jackson Laboratory researchers discover mutation involved in neurodegeneration
October 06, 2015 08:52 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Oct. 6, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A mutation that increases the level of a special class of sphingolipids—molecules important to cell structure and signaling—can lead to...
JAX reseachers, collaborators report on variations in human genome
October 02, 2015 06:05 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
FARMINGTON, Conn., Oct. 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A consortium of international researchers, including Charles Lee, Ph.D., professor and scientific director at The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic...
National Institute on Aging grants $3.5 million for Jackson Laboratory Alzheimer's disease research
September 29, 2015 07:52 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Sept. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has announced a grant of $3,567,446 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Assistant Professor Gareth Howell, Ph.D.,...
Molecular genomic profiling reveals two potential targets for gastric cancers, Jackson Laboratory researchers report
September 23, 2015 14:04 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
FARMINGTON, Conn., Sept. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Jackson Laboratory-led research team has identified two druggable targets for gastric cancer through a genomic molecular profiling technique,...
$1.6 million grant to The Jackson Laboratory from HHMI will support advanced scientific courses
September 23, 2015 13:30 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Sept. 23, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has made a four-year, $1.6 million grant to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) to expand its course offerings...
$10M federal grant to The Jackson Laboratory will launch Center for Precision Genetics
August 10, 2015 17:37 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Aug. 10, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A five-year, $9,971,936 grant from the National Institutes of Health will establish a new Center for Precision Genomics at The Jackson Laboratory...
$1.5 million gift to The Jackson Laboratory establishes Sims Family Fund for SMARD Research
August 05, 2015 16:08 ET | The Jackson Laboratory
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Aug. 5, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A $1.5 million gift to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) from Mr. Grant Sims and Ms. Patricia (Patty) Sims of Houston, Texas, will fund research in a...