Greater Worcester

When people find out what Dr. Mark Brenner, the chief radiation oncologist at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, does for a living, he says he often gets one response in particular.

Technocopia, a nonprofit maker space in Worcester, will merge its operations with education center Worcester Think Tank and wood and machine shop IA Design as the organization prepares to move into the Printer's Building in downtown Worcester.

The cost of doing business in Massachusetts is oft-lamented, and apparently, the field of medicine is not immune. That's according to the results of the annual Physician Practice Environment Index (PPEI) published last week by the Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS). While the Massachusetts PPEI has experienced an upward trend since a low point in 2010, in 2015, it continues to lag the U.S. index — and the delta appears to be widening.

Apple Pay mobile is now available for UniBank Visa debit card users.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place...

Hyundai Hope on Wheels has awarded the University of Massachusetts Medical School a $250,000 grant to fund childhood cancer research.

When it comes to making medicines, a Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher is asking, “Can we do it better?” The National Institutes of Health has awarded the assistant professor and her team a $346,000 grant for a three-year project to find out.

Nuclea Biotechnologies, Inc., based in Pittsfield but with operations in Worcester, has announced that a kit using Carbonic Anhydrase IX has been classified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a Class I in vitro diagnostic (IVD) device for use on a Ventana Benchmark XT instrument.

Central Massachusetts manufacturers and business organizations are ramping up for National Manufacturing Day that will take place on October 2.

Maintaining work-life balance is challenging for any parent, but for those who have children with autism, the problem is compounded. Speakers featured at the second annual Central Massachusetts Autism Summit held at Assumption College Tuesday morning provided insight into the myriad obstacles parents face. Often, children with autism have other health conditions that add to their needs, from psychiatric diagnoses to allergies and gastrointestinal disorders, according to a presentation by Dr. Jean Frazier, director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center at UMass Medical School in Worcester.