Work on both the interior and the exterior of the student residence continues. Most noticeable is the absence of the exterior material lift on the outside of the building! Work on the park adjacent to the building has begun, with the first step of grading the soil. Installation of curbing on Pike Street has been […]
Lewis Weintraub, MD, a Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and a BMC Hematologist/Oncologist and, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Jerome Klein Award for Physician Excellence. The Jerome Klein Award was established in 2010 to commemorate Dr. Klein’s 50 years of service to BMC/BUSM and is presented annually […]
At age 78, Charles Swanigan could jog three miles at a stretch. One year later, with the prostate cancer he had battled for a decade spread throughout his body, he could hardly move. Just getting out of bed, he tells his doctor and two BU School of Medicine students paying him an autumn house call, […]
Two BUSM researchers, Thomas Ruenger, MD, PhD and Barbara Smith PhD, have received grants from the Scleroderma Foundation. Ruenger, professor of Dermatology, was awarded a research grant for his work in Intracellular Degradation of Collagen in Scleroderma. Smith, professor of Biochemistry, was awarded a grant for her work in Collagen Regulation in Systemic Sclerosis. The […]
The latest news on AIDS is sobering. In 2009, 2.6 million people became infected with HIV, according to data released in November by UNAIDS. That’s down from 3.1 million in 1999, but still amounts to 7,000 new infections and nearly 5,000 deaths every day. Deborah Anderson is working to reverse this trend. Armed with a […]
While much of the work on the student residence is focused on the infrastructure and the interior, two visually significant changes are imminent. The exterior lift used by tradespeople will be dismantled in two weeks and canopy construction will begin shortly. Because the interior freight elevator is operational and the passenger elevator should be functional […]
An international team of researchers from the Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health and other institutions has uncovered 13 genetic loci, linked to immune function and DNA repair, that are factors in the age of onset of menopause. Menopause — the cessation of reproductive function of the ovaries — is a major hormonal […]
Researchers Drs. Jean Bosco Tagne and Maria Ramirez along with collaborators from the Pulmonary Center, BU’s CTSI and the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research/MIT, provide novel insights into biological processes regulated by the transcription factor Nkx2-1 in different cell contexts, in early and late development, and in cancer. These findings recently appeared in PLoS ONE. […]
Although most faculty, staff and students were enjoying the intercession break, work continued on the student residence. Notable progress in major systems includes completed connections to Boston Water and Sewer and National Grid (natural gas). Plumbing, electrical, cable television and security systems have been roughed-in throughout the building. HVAC (heating ventilation air conditioning) is also […]
A review article by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) debunks the widely-believed concept that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the result of excess salt causing an increased blood volume, exerting extra pressure on the arteries. Published online in the Journal of Hypertension, the study demonstrates that excess salt stimulates the sympathetic […]