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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for 2024-02-15 ( 3 items )  
Brigham & Women's Hospital: New Epigenetic Clocks Reinvent How We Measure Age (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 (TNSres) -- Brigham and Women's Hospital issued the following news release: * * * New models predict biological age more robustly by distinguishing between harmful and adaptive changes during aging * * * What causes us to age? New "clocks" developed by researchers may help point to the answers. Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital unveil a new form of epigenetic clock - a machine learning model designed to predict biological age from DNA structure. T more PR

CLF Settlement to Fund Thompson Island Outward Bound Project (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and Cronin Holdings LP have directed $500,000 towards the complete rehabilitation of a dock essential to Thompson Island Outward Bound (TIOB) programs. The funds are from a 2018 agreement between CLF and Cronin Holdings to satisfy public trust obligations under the Commonwealth's waterfront rules arising from Cronin's development of 150 Seaport Boulevard. "Thom more PR

Conservation Law Foundation: Maine Fishing Gear Found on Dead Right Whale (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 15 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: Federal officials have announced that entanglement in Maine fishing gear has contributed to the death of a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale that washed up on Martha's Vineyard in late January. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response. "Entanglements are a constant threat to right whales, cutting their lives short and painting a disheartening more PR