Tuesday, Nov. 29 Noon-1 p.m. Mugar Library Room 302 Charles River Campus The BU Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Services will be hosting a discussion on how to evaluate published scholarship. Whether you are choosing a journal to submit a paper to, or evaluating others’ research, judging publication quality is important—but this process has been complicated by […]
A novel molecular pathway needed to regulate kidney podocytes has been discovered.
Michael Silverstein, MD, has been appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force as one of its newest members.
The new development will impact how resources are utilized and how quickly results are conveyed to law enforcement.
Philip A. Wolf, MD, delivered the American Heart Association (AHA) 2016 Distinguished Scientist Lecture during the Scientific Session 2016 in New Orleans. Established in 2006, the lectureship is viewed as a major honor and recognition of excellence by the AHA.
Researchers have identified a new pathway and with it a protein, BRD4, necessary for breast cancer cells to spread. The findings, which appear in the journal Cancer Research, may provide a new target to suppress breast cancer metastasis. Triple-negative breast cancer is considered the worst subgroup of breast cancer. It is highly aggressive and responds […]
Two of the NIH awards, totaling $5 million, will support a new National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute initiative aimed to develop stem cell-based treatments for heart, lung and blood diseases.
For the first time, researchers have shown that using MRIs can effectively identify bone marrow cancer (myelofibrosis) in an experimental model. The findings may change the way this disease is diagnosed.
The fifth annual BUMC/VA Boston Healthcare System Joining Forces conference was held on Tuesday, Nov. 8 – Election Day – and just three days before Veteran’s Day. Part of a national initiative founded by first lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden that focuses on wellness, education and employment opportunities for service members and Veterans, […]