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An international group of scientists led by Dr. Gang Han of UMass Medical School (UMMS) has combined a new type of nanoparticle with an FDA-approved photodynamic therapy to effectively kill deep-set cancer cells with minimal damage to surrounding tissue and fewer side effects than chemotherapy.

A team led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine (UMMSM) has identified a genetic pathway that could lead to better drugs for treating bipolar affective disorder, as well as depression and other related mood disorders.

Dr. Oliver Rando, a professor of biochemistry and molecular pharmacology at UMass Medical School, has received one of 10 Pioneer Awards granted to researchers by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the medical school announced.

Boston-based renewable energy company First Wind said Wednesday that a solar project in Millbury, which will provide power to University of Massachusetts campuses in Worcester and Lowell, is complete and commercial operations have begun.

The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) lacked the necessary documentation to justify more than $2 million in bonuses to senior executives, according to a state report issued Thursday.

Two physicians from the University of Massachusetts Medical Center (UMMC) have been selected to lead the Massachusetts Medical Society for the 2014-2015 year.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has awarded the The University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) has secured...

The UMass ALS Champion Fund has been renamed in honor of former governor Paul Cellucci, U Mass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins announced Thursday.

Thomas G. Fazzio, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, earned a...

JAMES LEARY was named chair-elect of United Way of Central Massachusetts; he will take over as board...