Leukemia Survivor Introduced to Lifesaving Donor by Former NFL Player at Boston College Donor Drive

Gift of Life Marrow Registry BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Boston College student body was witness to a profoundly emotional moment this week as a leukemia survivor met the stranger who saved his life through a stem cell...

Massachusetts biotech hub is limping amid layoffs and low investment

If the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a canary in the coal mine for the shape of the U.S. biotech industry, then hold onto your hats. Long home to some of the most concentrated and prolific hubs of biotech R&D, Massachusetts is witnessing a...

A Planet's Oeuvre: How Mars Symphony Melds Music and Science

Ibbett currently serves as an assistant teaching professor at WPI in Worcester, Massachusetts, and he is also the project director of the Multiverse Concert Series and resident composer at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. When...

Academic Data Science Alliance Rebrands as Alliance for Data Science and AI

Oct. 23, 2025 — The Academic Data Science Alliance is expanding to better reflect the evolving landscape of its field and the needs of the community by becoming the Alliance for Data Science and AI (ADSA). This change recognizes a fundamental...

Boston Scientific’s TheraSphere reshapes liver cancer care in Korea as radioembolization eclipses chemo

When Korea added Boston Scientific’s TheraSphere to its reimbursement list five years ago, few expected radioembolization to overtake chemoembolization so fast. Now clinicians in Seoul say the procedure delivers surgery-like outcomes with less...

Synechron acquires Boston-based ServiceNow consultancy RapDev

Synechron, a New York-headquartered IT consulting firm, has acquired Boston-based ServiceNow specialist RapDev, alongside two other ServiceNow consultancies: UK-based Calitii and India-based Waivgen. Synechron says it will combine the three firms...

Massachusetts braces for economic pain as federal shutdown drags on

The latest: On Wednesday, the Senate failed for a 12th time to approve a House-passed funding bill that would reopen the government. Democrats want to permanently extend Affordable Care Act subsidies before agreeing to a deal, a condition...

Wu Announces Expansion of the Boston Family Days Program

By Simone Kramer Mayor Michelle Wu announced an expansion of the Boston Family Days program last month that will provide more students and families free entry to multiple cultural venues this fall. City officials say the program has grown each...

Boston Scientific continues to win in electrophysiology

By the numbers Q3 sales: $5.07 billion 20.3% growth year over year Cardiovascular sales: $3.34 billion 22.4% growth year over year Electrophysiology sales: $865 million 64.2% growth year over year Watchman sales: $512 million 34.8% growth year...

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Named One of “America’s Greenest Companies 2026” by Newsweek

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 23, 2025-- Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WTS) a leading global manufacturer of plumbing, heating, and water quality solutions, has been named one of America’s Greenest Companies by Newsweek...

First Lego, then Hasbro. Is Boston becoming a toy capital?

Amazon Music | Apple Podcasts | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | Spotify | YouTube The following is a lightly edited transcript of the October 23 episode of the “Say More” podcast. Shirley Leung: Welcome to “Say More” from Boston Globe Opinion. I’m...

Technology helping endangered North Atlantic right whale

A new program at the Museum of Coastal Carolina aims to help save the dwindling North Atlantic Right Whale population while teaching visitors about their plight and the technology being used to save them. There are only about 350 North Atlantic...

Boston Scientific lifts FY25 outlook amid continued cardiovascular boom

Boston Scientific has lifted its fiscal year 2025 (FY25) profit outlook to between $3.02 and $3.04 per share amid continued strong performance in its third quarter (Q3), largely driven by growth in its cardiovascular business. The company now...

580,000 in Massachusetts live in ‘pharmacy deserts,’ new report shows

More than a half-million people in Massachusetts live without easy access to pharmacies, making medications, vaccinations, and other health care services harder to get. A new report by the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission released Thursday...

Award-Winning Soprano Isabel Bayrakdrian to Perform in Boston in November

BOSTON — Internationally renowned soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian, joined by musicians Ellie Choate (harp), Rayo Furuta (flute) and Mher Mnatsakanyan (duduk), will perform at a concert titled “Ancestral Songs, Prayers & Lullabies,” at 7:30 p.m. on...

Welcome to the ‘News Jungle’: Boston Influencers and the Future of Local Media

Boston’s mayor threw a Content Creator summit, a radio reporter became a TikTok star, and a songwriter realized her social posts pay better than her music gigs. The media landscape hasn’t died—it’s just grown wild. Mayor Michelle Wu hosted the...

Earnings Summary: Highlights of Boston Scientific’s Q3 2025 results

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) on Wednesday reported financial results for the third quarter of 2025. The company also issued guidance for Q4 and fiscal 2025. The company reported net sales of $5.065 billion for Q3,...

Somerville poised to offer $18m property tax break to lure life science company

Somerville’s City Council on Thursday evening will discuss giving up to $18 million in property-tax breaks for an unnamed company to occupy a 500,000-square-foot laboratory building somewhere in the city. The deal, known as a tax-increment...

Telangana eyes ₹1 lakh cr investments in life sciences by 2030: Industries Minister in Melbourne

IT and Industries Minister D.Sridhar Babu addressing the AusBiotech International Conference 2025 in Melbourne. | Photo Credit: Arrangement Telangana has set an ambitious target of attracting ₹1 lakh crore in new investments in the life sciences...

After marathon meeting, Planning Commission recommends approval of New Boston Crossing developers’ changes to land use map

photo by: Sylas May/Journal-World An overflow crowd sits in City Hall's lobby during the Planning Commission's meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. In a marathon meeting that included more than an hour of public comments, planning commissioners on...