Boston University

Health & Medicine

Female Aedes aegypti mosquito on skin

Zika Virus

Zika Strikes Miami

August 9, 2016

hands of gymnast with chalk on uneven bars

Public Health

Gymnasts Exposed to Toxic Chemicals

August 5, 2016

Carmela Abraham with lab assistants in her lab at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s Start-up Gets $1.49 Million from NIH

August 5, 2016

Kevin Outterson, professor of health law, Boston University School of Law

Antibiotics

Law School Guides Global Effort to Create New Antibiotics

July 28, 2016

theraband for resistance exercise

Physical Therapy

The Biomechanics of Motion

July 28, 2016

Howard Eichenbaum, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, director of Boston University Center for Memory and Brain

Neuroscience

The Right Memory at the Right Time

July 26, 2016

Emelia J. Benjamin, professor of epidemiology Boston University School of Public Health and professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine

Accolades

Benjamin Receives Highest American Heart Association Honor

July 13, 2016

Pheidole dentata minor worker ants

Biology

Ants Don’t Get Alzheimer’s

July 11, 2016

A spider-shaped pericyte, seen here in light blue, encircles a capillary, helping maintain the blood-brain barrier

Neurology

Genetic Risk for Stroke

June 30, 2016

Professor David Sherr, director of a new BU/Tufts consortium researching environmental causes of breast cancer

Cancer

New Consortium to Study Environmental Causes of Breast Cancer

June 27, 2016

Doctoral Physical Therapy students perform manipulations of the ankle and foot March 28, 2013 in the PT lab at Sargent College

Rehabilitation Sciences

More Attention Needed for Implementation Research

June 27, 2016

Embryologist preparing cultures

Fertility

Fertility Treatments Raise Risks for Mothers During Delivery

June 22, 2016

A man holds a sign «#enough gun violence» while attending a vigil in Orlando, Florida 13 June 2016.

Public Health

BU School of Public Health Faculty Say “Enough”

June 13, 2016

Close-up photo of the prototype zika virus diagnostic test, reader and paper tests

Zika Virus

New Tool to Diagnose Zika

June 13, 2016

Ben Wolozin, professor of pharmacology and neurology at Boston University School of Medicine

Alzheimer’s Disease

Toxic Tau

June 7, 2016

Photonics

Light Beams and DNA Cages Could Deliver Drugs to Just the Right Spot

June 7, 2016

Washington Redskins' John Riggins busts through New England Patriots defensive player Tim Fox early in the first quarter at Foxboro, Mass., Sept. 3, 1978

CTE

CTE Investigators Launch $16 Million Study

June 3, 2016

retro vintage living room

Fertility

Flame Retardants Tied to Low Sperm Counts

May 11, 2016

John D. Otis, AssociateProfessor of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine

Accolades

John Otis Gets Med School’s Highest Teaching Honor

May 11, 2016

Aaron Beeler, Boston University Chemistry Department

Accolades

Chemist Awarded NSF Early Career Grant

May 11, 2016

Chemist Awarded NSF Early Career Grant