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BUSM Researchers Identify Novel Approach to Study COPD and Treatment Efficacy
Press Release: From April 11, 2013 Written By Jenny C Leary BUSM researchers have pinpointed a genetic signature for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from airway cells harvested utilizing a minimally invasive procedure. The findings provide a novel way to study COPD and could lead to new treatments and... More
Never Smoker Lung Cancer
Press Release : BU Today January 22 2013 Never Smoked. Lived Right. Died of Lung Cancer. By Rich Barlow Avrum Spira’s aunt died of lung cancer almost 20 years ago. She was a nonsmoking exercise buff in her 40s who hadn’t been exposed to any known toxins; she worked in a government office, More
How gene profiling in emphysema is helping to find a cure
Press Release: BioMed Central August 31, 2012 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is thought to affect almost three million people in the UK. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Genome Medicine has... More
Predictive molecular signature in lymphoma may direct targeted therapy
Press Release: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute September 10, 2012 Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Broad Institute, Boston University and colleagues have found a molecular "signature" in a common form of lymphoma that identifies patients unlikely to respond to standard chemotherapy, and who might benefit instead from treatment with certain experimental targeted drugs. The... More
Developing tools for early detection of lung cancer
We are leading a $13.6 million study aimed at developing novel technologies for the early detection of lung cancer. The five-year multi-site, multi-phase study that will focus on active military personnel and veterans is funded by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) Lung Cancer Research... More
Identifying smokers who are at high risk for developing lung cancer
Although only a subset of smokers develop lung cancer, we cannot determine which smokers are at highest risk for cancer development, nor do we know the signaling pathways altered early in the process of tumorigenesis in these individuals. On the basis of the concept that cigarette smoke creates a molecular field of... More