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 […]
Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH, a professor of medicine and community health sciences at BUSM and BUSPH, has been installed as the president of the American Board of Addiction Medicine (ABAM) and The ABAM Foundation. Samet will serve in this volunteer position for two years. In this role he will lead ABAM in the […]
The Faculty Staff Assistance Office (FSAO) is now open on the Boston University Medical Campus. FSAO provides University employees with free and confidential counseling and referrals for personal or work-related issues. Bonnie Jean Teitleman directs the office and Karen Brouhard, a FSAO counselor with clinical interests that include interpersonal violence and autism spectrum disorders, works […]
In the United States, the cost paid for statins (drugs to lower cholesterol) in people under the age of 65 who have private insurance is approximately 400 percent higher than comparable costs paid by the government in the United Kingdom (U.K.). These findings, from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) Boston Collaborative Drug Surveillance […]
A team of scientists from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified a novel compound that inhibits viruses from replicating. The findings, which are published online in the Journal of Virology, could lead to the development of highly targeted compounds to block the replication of poxviruses, such as the emerging infectious disease Monkeypox. The […]