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 […]
The Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS) of the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University School of Medicine’s (BUSM) has received a five-year continuation of grant funding award from the National Cancer Institute. The $9.1M award will cover years 16-20 of the largest follow-up study of the health of African-American women. Lynn Rosenberg, Sc.D., an associate […]
Patrick J. McNamara, Ph.D., associate professor of Neurology at BUSM and Director of BUSM’s Evolutionary Neurobehavior Laboratory seeks to understand how the human brain mediates religious experiences. His newest book The Neuroscience of Religious Experience examines this topic and provides a theoretical model of how the mediation occurs. In his book, McNamara explains recent technical […]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with researchers from Lahey Clinic Northshore, Peabody, Mass., believe that androgen deficiency might be the underlying cause for a variety of common clinical conditions, including diabetes, erectile dysfunction, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease (CVD). These findings appear in the September/October issue of the Journal of […]
Charlotte Cowan, MD, BUSM ’84, creator and author of the Dr. Hippo Series of Children’s Books, has been selected by the Obama Administration as one of the leading social innovators in the country. In a White House reception, Dr. Cowan was recognized by President Obama and members of the White House Office of Social Innovation […]
A 23-year-old dual degree graduate student in biomedical engineering and medicine died early Saturday morning after falling from a third floor balcony of an off-campus Brighton apartment.
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) announced today that three active National Football League Pro Bowl players have pledged to join the CSTE Brain Donation Registry.
Lin Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH has been named the 2009 Sarah Haley Award Winner for Clinical Excellence by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). She is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at BUSM and is co-founder and co-director of the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights. Dr. Piwowarczyk will receive the award at […]
BUSM researchers have discovered a novel mechanism that cells use to regulate gene expression. A type of molecule called microRNA is capable of inhibiting expression of select genes. The study, which was spearheaded by Matthew R. Jones, PhD, an assistant professor of medicine and appears on-line in Nature Cell Biology, shows that a specific enzyme […]