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Disease

Virologist John Connor, from the Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, discussing fears about viruses with editor of The Brink Kat J. McAlpine

Infectious Diseases

Should We Fear the Flu More Than EEE?

December 2, 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

Members of the 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, make their way through concertina wire during a live fire demonstration during Operation Desert Shield.

Veterans

At BU and Beyond, Many Gulf War Veterans Still Suffer from Toxic Wounds

November 8, 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

Packages of Juul e-cigarette products are seen on display at a smoke shop.

Vaping

Mass. Governor Baker Orders Ban on All Vaping Products and Declares Public Health Emergency

September 24, 2019

A teenager takes a hit from vaping e-cigarette blowing a cloud of vapor.

Vaping Crisis

Why Doctors Are Terrified by Sudden Vaping-Related Lung Injuries, Deaths

September 12, 2019

Mosquito-borne illness

Here’s Everything We Know about the Lethal Eastern Equine Encephalitis Virus

September 3, 2019

DEMENTIA IN CTE

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

August 5, 2019

Neuroscience

Could Autism, Depression Be Rooted in Our Brain’s Ability to Pay Attention?

July 16, 2019

A bottle of generic Buprenorphine HCI Sublingual tablets

Addiction

Why Making Buprenorphine Opioid-Based Medication Available without a Prescription Could Save Lives

July 11, 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

illustration symbolizing the effect of dioxins and other toxic chemical chemical carcinogens in the environment that cause breast cancer

Research

Dioxins Point to Targets for Treating Breast Cancer

April 24, 2017

Black Woman Health Disparities illustration

Research

Too Many Black Women Die from Breast Cancer. Why?

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing breast cancer research using zebrafish

Cancer

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

Research

Patient Navigators Improve Delivery of Care for Breast Cancer Patients

April 24, 2017

Illustration symbolizing noninvasive biomedical imaging of breast tumors

Public Health

Wearable Windows into Breast Tumors

April 24, 2017

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Biology

A Better Way to Find and Treat Osteoarthritis

February 3, 2014

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Chemistry

High-Tech Mesh Delivers Chemo to Patients with Early-Stage Lung Cancer

February 3, 2014

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Faculty

Drug-Packed Nanoparticles KO Mesothelioma

February 3, 2014

Drug-Packed Nanoparticles KO Mesothelioma