Police in Wayland, Massachusetts, are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run crash that critically injured a 72-year-old woman.
The crash was reported around 7 p.m. Friday. Authorities say the victim was hit while trying to cross…
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Stabbing death of New Bedford woman under investigation
Authorities are investigating a deadly stabbing Friday in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Police found a 31-year-old New Bedford woman suffering from stab wounds in an Atlantic Street home just before 5 p.m., the Bristol County District Attorney&#…
Police warn public of Topsfield Fair ticket scam
Police in Topsfield, Massachusetts, are urging the public to be vigilant if they are planning on going to the Topsfield Fair this year.
Authorities say they have received multiple reports of fraudulent tickets to the fair being sold on a websi…
New cancer research breakthrough has the potential to save lives
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms, but new research could one day lead to lives being saved.
Researchers at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester discovered that using something called nanoparticles can effectively shrink tumors in mice. They hope to someday move this research to human trials and be able to save lives.
“If we are successful and we can engineer this correctly for the next generation, it could be quite transformative, we think,” said Prabhani Atukorale, an assistant professor at UMass Amherst.
Pancreatic cancer accounts for about 66,440 cases this year. It’s one of the most deadly forms of cancer, with only a 12% survival rate after five years.
“So we’re attempting to build a ‘smart therapy,’ if you will,” Atukorale said. “Just like your smartphone.”
The researchers showed NBC10 Boston ultrasound images of a tumor before and after treatment. The team says 10 mice with tumors were treated using nanoparticles, which are so small you can’t see them under a normal microscope.
Out of the 10 trials, two remained tumor-free for a long time, and eight others’ tumors had been significantly reduced.
“This was quite astounding to see how stark of a difference in tumor volume size we were able to achieve with our treatment,” said Marcus Ruscetti, an assistant professor at UMass Chan Medical School. “It was absolutely exciting.”
Ruscetti said nanoparticles are able to go through the blood stream undetected so more of them can get to the tumor.
“We envision that this could work in patients with very late stage tumors that unfortunately haven’t responded to chemotherapy, other types of therapies as a way to activate the immune system to come in and target this cancer,” said Ruscetti. “Our goal … is eventually to take what we’re doing in mice are in cells and the hope is to really change people’s lives.”
Crews respond to manhole fire in Boston
Boston police officers and firefighters have responded to a manhole fire in the city Friday evening.
The Boston Police Department says the fire sparked at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Oliver Street, which was closed due to the activ…
Video of Mass. prison attack released
WARNING: The above video is graphic, and some people may find it hard to watch.
Surveillance video was released Friday showing the violent attack inside the maximum-security Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, tha…
