Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, it will kill about 160,000 people in 2012, more than the next four cancers combined. Avrum Spira wants to lower these numbers by diagnosing it earlier and preventing its development. For the last decade, Spira, a School of Medicine […]
Join The Mental Blocks, a band composed of Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine faculty and students on Saturday, April 28, at a concert to benefit the Boston Medicine Center (BMC) Food Pantry and Demonstration Kitchen. BMC is the only hospital in Boston with a Food Demonstration Kitchen, which promotes nutrition and healthy eating. […]
Chair of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Associate Dean for Hospital Affairs Dr. Pushkar Mehra was inducted as an active member of the American Society of Temporomandibular Joint Surgeons (ASTMJS) at the 2012 annual meeting, held in Naples, Florida in March. Membership in this highly selective organization is by invite-only and is restricted to only […]
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have derived a population of pure lung and thyroid progenitor cells in vitro that successfully mimic the developmental milestones of lung and thyroid tissue formation. The research, which will be published in the April 6 edition of the journal Cell Stem Cell, […]
The last of the 2012 Spring Thematic Seminar Series lectures “Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease” will be held on Tuesday, April 10. Featured speaker, Richard J. Youle, PhD, Senior Investigator, Chief, Biochemistry Section, NIH, NINDS in Bethesda, Md., will be speaking on “Mitochondrial Quality Control and Parkinson’s Disease”. Dr. Youle’s lab is exploring […]
The Boston University Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is holding the Third Annual Translational Research Symposium on Thursday, April 26, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will be held at the Boston University Metcalf Trustees Center, located inside the John and Kathryn Silber Administrative Center, One Silber Way, 9th Floor on the Charles River Campus.
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have discovered the regulation and functional significance of the acute phase response during a lung infection. The findings, which will be published in the May edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrate that the liver responds in order to increase defenses in the blood that prevent […]
Boston University Medical Campus (BUMC) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) received an Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) award from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (DOT). The Pinnacle Award, the highest level of recognition given, was awarded to TranSComm by Richard A Davey, Secretary and CEO of Massachusetts DOT. The award recognizes Massachusetts employers efforts to […]
Please join The Department of Biochemistry and The Evans Center on Tuesday, April 3, at 3 p.m. in Keefer Auditorium for second part of the Spring 2012 Thematic Seminar Series Mitochondria: Engines of Life, Drivers of Disease.
A special spring carnival is taking place on April 1 in Hiebert Lounge for all area individuals with developmental disabilities. Co-sponsored by the Boston University Down Syndrome (BUDS) program and the Boston University Developmental Disability (BUDDs) awareness group, with the support from the BUSM Alumni Association, the carnival will feature games, crafts, prizes, snacks, and […]