Thyroid Function May be Restored by Using Patient-Derived Human Cells

A discovery made by investigators from Boston University School of Medicine and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) could help lead to the development of a cell-based regenerative therapy to restore thyroid function in patients with cancer who have had their thyroids surgically removed and in children born with congenital hypothyroidism. “This research represents an […]

Oct. 29 Symposium: Ebola, The Disease and Immune Privilege

Ian Crozier, MD, an infectious disease specialist who while helping to fight against the Ebola outbreak in Kenema, Sierra Leone in August 2014, contracted the disease and Steven Yeh, MD, Louise M. Simpson Professor of Ophthalmology, Emory Eye Center, who led the team to save his vision are two of the speakers presenting at this event open to the Medical Campus.