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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2025-10-03 ( 26 items )  
A Better Blood Test for Cancers Caused by HPV (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * A Better Blood Test for Cancers Caused by HPV * Within just a few months of becoming sexually active, nearly everyone is infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). Most of the time, your body's immune system fights off the virus. But in some people, the infection persists and leads to certain cancers, including cervical cancer and oropharyngeal (throat) cancer. While the numb more PR

Ahead of Committee Vote, Warren Releases Troubling Responses From Trump's Treasury and Housing Nominees (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Committee Vote, Warren Releases Troubling Responses from Trump's Treasury and Housing Nominees Ahead of the committee vote, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the troubling responses from President Donald Trump's nomi more PR

Boston University Professors Warn DHS Proposed Rules Could Limit Entry of Foreign Postdoctoral Fellows (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Megan MacGarvie and Shulamit Kahn, professors from the Boston University, Massachusetts, have raised concerns in a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about the agency's proposed rules that may limit the entry of foreign postdoctoral fellows into the United States. The professors, specialists in the economics of innovation, warn that changes listed in the proposed regulations could negatively impact critical research contributions from these sc more ST

Boston University School of Public Health: Veterans More Likely Than General Population to Use All Types of Tobacco Products, Including the Most Harmful (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 (TNSjou) -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Veterans More Likely than General Population to Use All Types of Tobacco Products, Including the Most Harmful A new study is the first since 2015 to examine differences in tobacco use by product type among military Veterans compared to civilians, finding that Veterans disproportionately use all commercial tobacco product types, including cigars and cigarettes, which pose a more PR

BXP Closes Upsized $1.0 Billion Exchangeable Notes Offering with Capped Call (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * BXP Closes Upsized $1.0 Billion Exchangeable Notes Offering with Capped Call * Goodwin's REITs & Real Estate M&A team advised Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the "Partnership"), the operating partnership of BXP, Inc. (the "Company") on the Partnership's 2.00% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2030 (the "Notes"). The $1.0 billion offering was upsized from $600 million and more PR

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Awarded $12 Million NIH SPORE Grant to Advance Breast Cancer Research (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Awarded $12 Million NIH SPORE Grant to Advance Breast Cancer Research * The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC), a cancer research consortium comprised of five of Boston's academic medical centers, including Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital has been awarded a highly competitive, federal grant more PR

Emission Impossible: How GE Vernova Is Writing the Blueprint for Capturing CO2 Directly From the Air (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Emission Impossible: How GE Vernova Is Writing the Blueprint for Capturing CO2 Directly from the Air Every industry is aspiring to minimize their CO2 emissions and achieve net zero. But in some industries, reducing CO2 emissions is not as straightforward as in others due to constraints such as mobility, footprint, or inherent process steps that make it hard to decarbonize these sector more PR

Evan Miller Speaks on BisNow Multifamily Summit Panel (10)
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Evan Miller Speaks on BisNow Multifamily Summit Panel * Last week, Senior Project Manager Evan Miller participated in a panel discussion at BisNow's Boston Multifamily Summit, along with the city's top developers, investors, and city officials who shared insights  more PR

First U.S. National Genomic Newborn Screening Initiative Launched with $14.4 Million NIH Award (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * First U.S. National Genomic Newborn Screening Initiative Launched with $14.4 Million NIH Award * Mass General Brigham and Ariadne Labs, alongside Boston Children's Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), Case Western Reserve University, Baylor College of Medicine, and sequencing partners GeneDx and Illumina, today  more PR

In Westlaw Today, Life Sciences Attorneys Examine Federal Government Scrutiny of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Westlaw Today, Life Sciences Attorneys Examine Federal Government Scrutiny of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising * In a Westlaw Today article, life sciences licensing and compliance partners Kellie Combs, Greg Levine and Josh Oyster and associate Pascale Stain discussed the federal government's scrutiny of direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertisi more PR

Key Legislative and Enforcement Trends in California Banking Highlighted by Litigation & Enforcement Attorneys (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Key Legislative and Enforcement Trends in California Banking Highlighted by Litigation & Enforcement Attorneys * In an article in Law360, litigation & enforcement partners Amy Jane Longo and Rocky Tsai, and associate Tristan Lim examined key regulatory developments in California's banking and financial services sector. The authors highlight the advancement of S.B. 825, whi more PR

MASSPIRG: Massachusetts Officials, Businesses and Organizations Call on Microsoft to Stop Its 'Disastrous' End to Windows 10 (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 -- The Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: * * * Massachusetts officials, businesses and organizations call on Microsoft to stop its 'disastrous' end to Windows 10 With just 12 days before Microsoft will stop providing security and other updates to Windows 10, MASSPIRG and PIRGs across the country delivered comments from 590 small businesses, elected officials, and organizations calling for the company to extend support more PR

MIT OpenCourseWare is "a living testament to the nobility of open, unbounded learning" (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT OpenCourseWare is "a living testament to the nobility of open, unbounded learning" * Mostafa Fawzy became interested in physics in high school. It was the "elegance and paradox" of quantum theory that got his attention and led to his studies at the undergraduate and graduate level. But even with a solid foundation of coursework and supportive mentors, Fawzy wanted more. MIT Open more PR

MIT: A simple formula could guide the design of faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A simple formula could guide the design of faster-charging, longer-lasting batteries MIT researchers developed a model that explains lithium intercalation rates in lithium-ion batteries. * At the heart of all lithium-ion batteries is a simple reaction: Lithium ions dissolved in an electrolyte solution "intercalate" or insert themselves into a solid electrode during battery discharg more PR

MIT: Accounting for uncertainty to help engineers design complex systems (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Accounting for uncertainty to help engineers design complex systems * Designing a complex electronic device like a delivery drone involves juggling many choices, such as selecting motors and batteries that minimize cost while maximizing the payload the drone can carry or the distance it can travel. Unraveling that conundrum is no easy task, but what happens if the designers don't  more PR

MIT: Lincoln Lab unveils the most powerful AI supercomputer at any US university (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Lincoln Lab unveils the most powerful AI supercomputer at any US university Optimized for generative AI, TX-GAIN is driving innovation in biodefense, materials discovery, cybersecurity, and other areas of research and development. * The new TX-Generative AI Next (TX-GAIN) computing system at the Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC) is the most powerful AI supercomputer a more PR

OpenGMSL Association Files Membership Updates With Justice Department (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSFR) -- OpenGMSL Association, Beaverton, Oregon, submitted written notifications of changes in its membership to the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division on Sept. 22, 2025. The submission was made pursuant to section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993. The purpose of this action is to extend the act's provisions that limit the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under certain conditions. OpenGMSL added several organ more PR

Reproductive Equity Now Responds to FDA Quiet Approval of Second Generic Form of Mifepristone (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * Reproductive Equity Now Responds to FDA Quiet Approval of Second Generic Form of Mifepristone Reproductive Equity Now released a statement following the breaking news that the Federal Drug Administration quietly approved a second generic form of mifepristone - one of the two medica more PR

Republican Health Care Crisis Threatens Coverage for Massachusetts Families (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Republican Health Care Crisis Threatens Coverage for Massachusetts Families * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Co-Chair Lori Trahan (MA-03) released new data from the Massachusetts Health Connector and the House Budget Committee revealing the devastating impact of Republican health care policies that are driving up costs and stripping health coverage f more PR

Ropes & Gray Sponsors MassBio's Align Summit on October 7 (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 7 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ropes & Gray Sponsors MassBio's Align Summit on October 7 * Ropes & Gray is a proud sponsor of the Align Summit, MassBio's annual early-stage and funder partnering conference, on October 7 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. The conference seeks to connect funders and biotech startups to help develop next-generation therapies. This year, 56 emerging life sciences companie more PR

Senator Warren Calls On Trump to Release September 2025 Jobs Report (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Warren Calls On Trump to Release September 2025 Jobs Report Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released the following statement: "Donald Trump's economic agenda is inflicting massive pain on our economy and to add to the economic unce more PR

SPH Professor Competes on Two Episodes of Jeopardy! (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * SPH Professor Competes on Two Episodes of Jeopardy! Prasad Patil appeared on the September 26 and September 29 episodes of the game show, earning more than $35,000 in winnings. By Jillian McKoy Known as the "Father of Microbiology," Louis Pasteur paved the way for modern medicine and public health, with groundbreaking discoveries of the pasteurization process, the rabies vaccine,  more PR

Stepping In, Saving a Life: How Melissa Became a Living Liver Donor (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Stepping In, Saving a Life: How Melissa Became a Living Liver Donor * Melissa McKenney had a gut feeling when she saw her high school friend Brayden's post on Facebook asking for a living liver donor--she knew she had to step forward. "Brayden posted on Facebook that she needed a liver transplant and a living donor. I did not hesitate," says Melissa. "I felt in my soul tha more PR

Trump Administration Yanks Billions in Funding for Cutting-Edge Clean Energy Projects (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Yanks Billions in Funding for Cutting-Edge Clean Energy Projects * CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (October 2, 2025)--The Department of Energy today announced the termination of financial awards for 223 projects, totaling more than $7.5 billion. This funding was aimed at driving innovation on the frontiers of numerous areas of the clean energy transitio more PR

VHB Announces New Piedmont Atlantic Region & Regional Leadership (10)
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Oct. 2 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Announces New Piedmont Atlantic Region & Regional Leadership * As VHB continues its long arc of growth, we are strengthening our regional organization to better serve our clients and communities. The creation of a fifth region--the Piedmont Atlantic Region--wi more PR

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: USS Arizona Provides Blueprint for Addressing Oil Leakage at Thousands of WWII Shipwrecks (10)
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Oct. 3 (TNSjou) -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution posted the following news release: * * * USS Arizona provides blueprint for addressing oil leakage at thousands of WWII shipwrecks The findings underscore the USS Arizona's dual role as a solemn memorial and a "living laboratory." * A new study published in Marine Pollution Bulletin shows that oil is still seeping from the wreck of the USS Arizona, more than 80 years after its sinking at Pearl Harbor. The stu more PR