Scientists have discovered 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women. Notably, many of these genes also act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to fat metabolism. The study, which appears in Nature Genetics, was a collaborative effort by the international ReproGen consortium, which included 175 scientists from 104 […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a mechanism by which specific viruses acting as oncolytic agents can enter and kill cancer cells. This finding, which is currently featured in an online edition of the Journal of Virology, could help lead to the development of more targeted treatments against many types of […]
Join the Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) on Tuesday, Dec. 7 as it hosts Dr. J. Keith Joung, Associate Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School and Associate Chief of Pathology for Research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Joung also serves as the Director of the Molecular Pathology Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Joung’s […]
The Pulmonary Center is proud to present an “Airway Development and Disease Symposium” honoring Jerome S. Brody, MD, for his 23 years of leadership as Pulmonary Center Director, in Bakst Auditorium (L101) on Wednesday morning, Dec. 1, beginning at 9 a.m. Three distinguished visitors with concentrations in stem cells and development, genomics and cancer, and […]
Join Deborah Blacker, MD, ScD, as she presents the talk “Defining the Alzheimer’s Disease Phenotype” at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at noon in L-112. Blacker is the director of the Gerontology Research Unit at MGH and is an associate professor of epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Her primary […]
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Division of Community Health Programs (CHP) Oral Health Promotion Director Kathy Lituri and a team of student volunteers provided outreach to adult learners at the Notre Dame Educational Center (NDEC) in South Boston on November 16. The outreach efforts involved health promotion, education, screenings, and […]
For cancer researcher David Sherr, the fight against the disease isn’t just professional. It’s personal. Sherr’s wife died from multiple myeloma a dozen years ago. Now the School of Public Health environmental health professor, Sherr, who is also a professor of pathology and laboratory science at BU School of Medicine, has received a BU Ignition Award to seek a breakthrough in treating and preventing breast cancer, one of his fields of research.
Herbert Schilder Professor in Endodontics and Director of the Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics Dr. George Huang hosted a reception to welcome the new and returning residents of the Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine (GSDM) Postdoctoral Program in Endodontics on Friday, November 5, at The Castle. Dr. Huang addressed the crowd, thanking […]
Join Sherry Pagoto as she presents the talk “Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program in Clinical and Community Settings: Triumphs and Challenges” at the BUSPH Public Health Forum on Wednesday, November 17 at noon. The Diabetes Prevention Program was a major multicenter clinical research study completed in 2002 that found weight loss through dietary changes and […]
The collaborative Boston University Medical Campus research team of Louis Gerstenfeld, PhD, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Jennifer Schlezinger, PhD, Associate Professor of Environmental Health, and Gerald Denis, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology successfully competed for one of several Ellison Foundation Awards that are made to investigators at Tufts, Harvard, and Boston University each […]