1.   A Boston Globe article about a new breakthrough treatment for stomach cancer misstated the scientific designation for the drug.

2.   Both companies are seeking orphan drug status, which comes with seven years of market exclusivity to the first company that demonstrates a breakthrough treatment.

3.   In another part of the building, computers cull ever-expanding databases of genetic information for clues that could help researchers discover breakthrough treatments for devastating diseases.

4.   In some cases, companies and regulators have shaved years off the development and approval of breakthrough treatments.

5.   These self-replicating cells could lead to breakthrough treatments for a variety of deadly and debilitating diseases.

6.   The authors are less optimistic about a similar breakthrough treatment for people with cystic fibrosis, though.