20 Central MA Life Sciences Report
B Y I S A B E L T E H A N
A
ntibody research is nothing
new. Neither is computer-
led analysis or artificial
intelligence. But across the
spectrum of life science
research, investigators are on the
precipice of what may be the biggest
shifts in understanding of disease and
treatment in recent memory.
In Central Massachusetts, there is
no single leader in this crusade for the
next discovery, as fascinating research
across the spectrum of illness is being
performed by academic, corporate, and
nonprofit entities in the region. They
have no shortage of novel projects and
programs and are situated together at an
ideal moment for research.
"It's a revolution," said Annette
Schwartz Sterman, senior director,
immunology discovery research at
Researchers across Central Mass. are leading
development of cutting-edge ideas and
therapies to provide the next generation of
solutions to present and future problems
From gene
therapy to alpacas
to artificial
intelligence
P H O T O S / C H R I S T I N E P E T E R S O N
Microscope slides
at AbbVie's facility
in Worcester, where
discovery research is
eternally optimistic.
