Boston University

Health & Medicine

Climate Change

Putting Cities on the Climate Map

May 4, 2017

Microscopic image of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) turning into lung cells

Stem Cells

CReM Scientists Turn Human IPS Cells into Lung Cells

May 2, 2017

Researchers identified a gene in mice associated with binge eating, and also found evidence that binge eating may alter myelin production brain.

Genetics

BU Researchers Find Gene Associated with Binge Eating in Mice

May 2, 2017

Biomedical Engineering Professor Edward Damiano in his lab with fellow researchers and their bionic pancreas

Funding

Science Coalition: Federal Funding Sparks Innovation

April 26, 2017

Black Woman Health Disparities illustration

Health & Medicine

Too Many Black Women Die from Breast Cancer. Why?

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing breast cancer research using zebrafish

Research

Zebrafish Cancer Genetics Illuminate Human Breast Cancers

April 24, 2017

Illustration of hands holding the body of a woman symbolizing the help of patient navigators for underserved women with breast cancer

Healthcare

Patient Navigators Improve Delivery of Care for Breast Cancer Patients

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing noninvasive biomedical imaging of breast tumors

Engineering & Computing

Wearable Windows into Breast Tumors

April 24, 2017

Litre Bottles of Soda

Neurology

Is Soda Bad for Your Brain? (And Is Diet Soda Worse?)

April 21, 2017

Red leaf cutter ants hive behaviour carrying food from fruiting

Biology

Science in a Post-Truth Society

April 20, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of turmeric sold in the US over the past several years have been recalled due to lead contamination.

Public Health

High Lead Levels Found in Turmeric from Local Stores

April 20, 2017

A married couple holds hands

Genetics

Look Like Your Spouse? It Might Be Your Genes

April 20, 2017

Madeleine Scammell, assistant professor of environmental health

Accolades

Scammell Wins NIEHS Outstanding New Environmental Health Science Award

April 20, 2017

First prototype for an optical chemotherapy monitor, one of the main projects funded by CFTCC.

Biomedical Engineering

It Takes Teamwork

April 7, 2017

Claudia Satizabal will study the link between midlife obesity and Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s Disease

Does Midlife Obesity Increase Odds of Alzheimer’s Disease?

April 6, 2017

Cancer Researcher Avrum Spira, a professor of medicine, pathology, and laboratory medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Cancer

BU Paves Way for MED Prof’s $10M Plus Partnership with Industry

April 3, 2017

Kevin Outterson, N. Neal Pike Scholar in Health and Disability Law, leads CARB-X, world’s largest public-private partnership to accelerate development of urgently needed new antimicrobials.

Antibiotics

LAW-based CARB-X Awards $24 Million for Superbug Antibiotics

March 31, 2017

piles of coal at a coal depot

Climate Change

Trump Slams Brakes on Obama’s Climate Plan

March 29, 2017

New Bedford Harbor

Environmental Health

New Bedford Harbor Identified as Major Source of Airborne PCBs

March 23, 2017

Study authors suggest that cigarettes may become a “cue” for drug use and that nicotine may increase cravings for stimulants and opiates.

Addiction

Cigarette Smoking Linked to Increased Risk of Substance Use Relapse

March 23, 2017

Cigarette Smoking Linked to Increased Risk of Substance Use Relapse