Dana-Farber research reveals possible new target for treatment of sickle cell and beta thalassemia

NYU Langone, Dana-Farber deploy oncology decision support platform

NYU Langone Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have formed a strategic collaboration to co-develop Solavia Decision Suite, an oncology support platform designed to improve cancer care for patients and clinicians.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

In Brief

Dana-Farber Department of Pathology receives $2.8M grant from NCI

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Department of Pathology, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has received renewed funding for the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grant from the NCI, providing resources for pathology residents, clinical fellows, and PhD-trained scientists pursuing research careers in cancer pathology.

August 07, 2026

Vol.52 No.31

In Brief

Dana-Farber names its under-construction freestanding hospital: the Lavine Bekenstein Cancer Hospital

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced the name of its 300-bed, freestanding cancer hospital, which is now under construction and will span 450,000 square feet across 10 inpatient floors: the Lavine Bekenstein Cancer Hospital. The building is expected to open in 2031.

June 26, 2026

Vol.52 No.25

Clinical

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OS
PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

The long-awaited results from the RASolute 302 trial—a phase III clinical trial evaluating daraxonrasib, a RAS inhibitor, for the treatment of patients with previously treated, metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma—have been read out.

Dana-Farber to pay $15M to U.S. government in research fraud settlement

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has agreed to pay $15 million to the U.S. government in a settlement to resolve allegations that, between 2014 and 2024, Dana-Farber violated the False Claims Act by “using fraudulent images in grant applications and research articles to induce the NIH to pay millions of dollars to support research at Dana-Farber.”

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center awarded $12M NIH SPORE grant to advance breast cancer research

The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, 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 an NCI grant to continue its Specialized Program of Research Excellence in Breast Cancer.

October 03, 2025

Vol.51 No.36

Dana-Farber research reveals possible new target for treatment of sickle cell and beta thalassemia

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Dana-Farber research reveals possible new target for treatment of sickle cell and beta thalassemia

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN

NYU Langone, Dana-Farber deploy oncology decision support platform

Dana-Farber Department of Pathology receives $2.8M grant from NCI

Dana-Farber names its under-construction freestanding hospital: the Lavine Bekenstein Cancer Hospital

Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OSPanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”

Dana-Farber to pay $15M to U.S. government in research fraud settlement

Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center awarded $12M NIH SPORE grant to advance breast cancer research

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Long-awaited results from first phase III trial of a RAS inhibitor in pancreatic cancer shows that daraxonrasib doubles median OS
PanCAN’s Berkenblit: “It’s here. This is a tipping point, and we’ve tipped. And this is just the beginning.”