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QUINCY - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will offer free skincancer education and screening from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at Wollaston Beach at Fenno Street. Dana-Farber will conduct free full-body exams to detect sun- related skin damage for all beachgoers. Dermatologists from Brigham and Women's Hospital will screen adults, who will also have the opportunity to have their photos taken using a UV camera to assess skin damage. There will also be sun safety educational materials for...

TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - The New Jersey attorney general resigned on Tuesday amid accusations she helped her boyfriend avoid a traffic ticket after he was stopped by police while driving without a license. Zulima Farber, the top law officer in the state, quit after she was charged with ethics violations by Special Prosecutor Richard Williams. A report by Williams found Farber helped her boyfriend when he was stopped by police in May. Her boyfriend was then allowed to drive...

BOSTON - A novel strategy devised by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists has proved highly effective in killing drug-resistant multiple myeloma cells in the laboratory and could open a new form of attack on the deadly blood cancer, they report. Highly encouraged by the findings, the researchers hope to move rapidly to clinical trials of the therapy, a combination of the drug Velcade and an experimental compound that was designed by researchers at the Broad Institute of Massachusetts...