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- EIN 04-2451939
- (617) 285-1408
- C/o John R Layton 26 Longmeadow Dr Westwood MA 02090 USA
- www.bbri.org
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Causes: Biomedicine & Bioengineering Research, Health, Nerve, Muscle & Bone Diseases Research
Mission: Boston biomedical research institute is an independent, not-for-profit institution dedicated to basic biomedical research to promote the understanding, treatment and prevention of cancer, cardiovasular, and neuromuscular degenerative diseases such as alzheimer's and muscular dystrophy, and to the training of research scientists.
Programs: Bbri's innovative disease-based research has yielded landmark advances in the treatment and prevention of heart disease, cancer, muscular dystrophies as well as alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative disorders. The institute's uniquely collaborative atmosphere fosters inter-and-cross-disciplinary initiatives which have led to some of the most significant discoveries and innovations, feeding a pipeline that ends in clinical solutions. Moreover, institute scientists are also engaged in groundbreaking work in tuberculosis and hiv/aids research to develop inhibitors which will combat those diseases as well. Some of the research discoveries at bbri have been developed by others into a treatment of arthritis (synvisc) and for the early diagnosis of heart attacks (troponin test). In addition, nih has established a major regional research center at bbri with the aim of discovering the casuse and possible therapies of fshd, a muscular dystrophy which affects 1 in 14,000 adults.
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