The Genome Science Institute held its inaugural Research Symposium, an interdisciplinary research symposium that explores genetic and genomic science, in the Boston University Medical Campus Hiebert Lounge on Thursday, Oct. 8. Sixty-three abstracts were submitted by students, post-doctoral fellows, and faculty from Institutions throughout the Boston area.
Poorly Cleaned Public Restrooms on Cruise Ships May Predict Norovirus Outbreaks A team of researchers from Boston University School (BUSM), Carney Hospital, Cambridge Health Alliance and Tufts University School of Medicine, have found that widespread poor compliance with regular cleaning of public restrooms on cruise ships may predict subsequent norovirus infection outbreaks (NoVOs). This study, […]
Francis Farraye, MD, Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine and Clinical Director in the Gastroenterology Section at Boston Medical center, has received the William D. Carey Award from the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). The award is reserved for an exceptional individual who has served the Board and the College with […]
All NFL and College Football Players Studied Post-Mortem Show Signs of CTE The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that a recently deceased member of the NFL Hall of Fame suffered from the degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) when he died, becoming […]
Gordon L. Snider, MD, showed how emphysema is created and changed the direction of lung disease research for decades. He founded the pulmonary section of the Boston University School of Medicine and was chief of medical service at the Boston VA Medical Center for 14 years. Dr. Snider was honored at a luncheon at the […]
BUSM’s CityLab program has received a five year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Center for Research Resources (NCRR). With this award, the CityLab program will expand its curriculum supplements with hands-on laboratory experiments and computer-generated simulations designed to impart an understanding and appreciation of the basic elements of clinical research including clinical trials.
Menopausal women on hormone therapy (HT) continue their treatment prior to having their annual mammogram screenings, according to BUSM researchers. These recommendations appear as an editorial in the current on-line issue of Journal of the North American Menopause Society. Annual mammography screening is credited with a significant reduction in breast cancer mortality in women older […]
Investigators from BUSM and the VA Boston Healthcare System have shown, at the six month mark in a small group of patients, that there is no difference in efficacy between Bevacizumab (Avastin) and Ranibizumab (Lucentis) for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The study, which appears currently on-line in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, […]
Neuronal growth, migration, and survival depend on the regulated formation of cellular outgrowths called neurites. Extension of normal neurites requires coordinated interactions between cytoskeletal networks made up of microfilaments (composed of F-actin) and microtubules (formed by tubulin) in structures called growth cones that form at the tips of growing neurites. Capping protein (CP) has been […]
Community health centers have become the centerpiece of the nation’s efforts to provide access to primary care for all and therefore experience a greater need for primary care providers, who already are in short supply. According to researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) medical education must become a […]