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Winter Spring 2025Boston University Medicine

Author: Lisa Brown

Researchers Identify Gene Associated with Kidney Disease

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TMIGD1 can be pharmacologically targeted to prevent kidney damage.

Jonathan Wisco, PhD, Named September’s Distinguished Faculty of the Month 

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The nominators say, “Dr. Wisco is an amazing teacher!”

Karan Kacy Smith Named Distinguished Staff of the Month for September

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The nominators say, “Karan is one of the best mentors I’ve ever had!”

Preparing Clinicians for the International Anti-LGBTQI+ Crisis

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According to a perspective by Carl G. Streed, Jr., MD, MPH, and Sarah Kimball, MD, in the New England Journal of Medicine, the medical community should build systems that are responsive to this population.

Young Amateur Athletes at Risk of CTE, BU Study Finds

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More than 40 percent of football, soccer, ice hockey, and other contact sport participants under age 30 had signs of the degenerative brain disease, including the first American woman soccer player to be diagnosed.

BU CTE Center Publishes Largest CTE Case Series Ever in Youth, High School, College Athletes Who Died Young

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Study details more than 60 cases of CTE diagnosed in athletes under age 30, including first American woman soccer player diagnosed with CTE.

Researchers Describe Rebuilding, Regenerating Lung Cells

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Discovery may lead to new approaches for repairing lungs damaged by a variety of injuries or genetic mutations.

Vitamin D Supplementation Improves More Than 1.5 Fold Survival of Digestive Tract Cancers Including Colorectal in Patients with a Cancer Fighting Immune System

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Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD, explains in a  JAMA Network Open commentary that it is a game changer for the field of vitamin D as it relates to cancer.

Probing the Contradictory Roles of SAA in Fighting Inflammation and Infection While Triggering Life-Threatening Disease

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Small plasma protein clears toxic debris from wounds and inflammation while also promoting fibrous depositions that impact vital organs.

Playing Football May Increase the Risk for Developing Parkinson’s Disease

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Study by BU’s CTE Center and the Michael J. Fox Foundation finds risk for brain disorder increases with more years of playing football, even at amateur level.

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