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Clinical and Translational Research

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Alzheimer’s Disease

Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug Is “Hugely Important,” “One of the Biggest Moments” in 20 Years

November 6, 2020

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COVID-19 Testing

Meet the Team behind BU’s COVID-19 Testing Lab

October 15, 2020

CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH

In Deadly COVID-19 Lung Inflammation, BU Researchers Discover a Culprit in NFkB Pathway

September 24, 2020

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CORONAVIRUS RESEARCH

What Sets Off Deadly Levels of Lung Inflammation in Some COVID-19 Patients?

September 8, 2020

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Vaccine Race

Does Russia Really Have an Effective Coronavirus Vaccine?

August 14, 2020

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Return to Campus Labs

BU Unveils First Phase of Campuswide Research Recovery Plan

May 6, 2020

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Alzheimer’s and AI

Deep Learning Algorithm Outperforms Experts in Making Alzheimer’s Diagnosis

May 4, 2020

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Lowtech Lifesaver

For COVID-19 Patients, Could Breathing Easier Be as Simple as Flipping Over?

April 17, 2020

Boston University Professor of Engineering, Xin Zhang, poses for a portrait in her lab.

Translational Research

Xin Zhang Elected to National Academy of Inventors

December 16, 2019

Portrait of 2019 Boston University Innovator of the Year, Weining Lu, Associate Professor of Medicine.

Translational Research

Weining Lu, Kidney Researcher, Named BU Innovator of the Year

November 14, 2019

Patriots player Rob 'Gronk' Gronkowski gets tackled during a game against the Seattle Seahawks.

CTE

CTE Risk More Than Doubles after Just Three Years of Playing Football

October 7, 2019

Scientific illustration of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), otherwise known as Nightmare Bacteria.

Superbugs

Superbug detector is first diagnostic to launch from CARB-X

September 24, 2019

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Ebola

“It Was Like a Miracle,” BU NEIDL Researcher Says of Powerful New Ebola Treatments

August 15, 2019

DEMENTIA IN CTE

Five New Answers about the Link between Football, CTE, and Dementia

August 5, 2019

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BIRTH CONTROL

Why We Need a Contraception Revolution

August 1, 2019

Ed Damiano shows off the iLet bionic pancreas

Biomedical Engineering

BU Biomedical Engineer Ed Damiano Raises $126 Million for Bionic Pancreas

July 3, 2019

US midfielder Michelle Akers and Brazil's Grazielle lie injured after going up for a header at the Women's World Cup semi-final match between the US and Brazil 04 July, 1999.

CTE

How Does CTE Impact Women? Former Soccer Stars Join the First All-Female CTE Study at BU

July 3, 2019

In this microscopic image of precancerous lung tissue, the hot pink cells are dividing faster than in normal lung tissue. Credit: Beane, et al., Nature Communications

Immune System

What If We Could Stop Lung Cancer Before It Starts?

April 23, 2019

These images show areas of the brain where an experimental brain scan detected higher abnormal tau protein in a group of former NFL football players than compared to a group of a control subjects. The former football players in the study have self reported cognitive, mood and behavior symptoms that are thought to be associated with CTE. Courtesy of the New England Journal of Medicine

Neurology

Toward Diagnosing CTE in Living People

April 11, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment