Important Announcement

31 March, 2020 at 4:02 PM

For the rest of spring semester, Boston University has directed undergraduate students to return home, canceled in-person classes, moved to remote teaching, called off all events and athletics, and minimized lab research. Visit our COVID-19 website for further information.

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Immune System

Dr. Judy Platt, Boston University Director of Student Health Services, and Dr. Ann Zaia, Boston University Director of Occupational Health Services, and Kat McAlpine, Editor of The Brink, participate in a Facebook Live conversation about COVID-19

COVID-19

Watch BU’s Facebook Live Video Answering COVID-19 Questions

March 27, 2020

Center for Regenerative Medicine researchers Aditya Mithal, Claire Burgess, and Andrew McCracken prepare samples collected from Boston Medical Center patients suspected to be infected with the novel coronavirus.

COVID-19 Testing

Facing Dire Shortages, 50 Boston Collaborators Develop Their Own FDA-Approved Coronavirus Test

March 26, 2020

A photo of BU NEIDL virologist Robert Davey

Coronavirus Pandemic

Live Coronavirus Research Gets Underway at BU NEIDL

March 19, 2020

A photo of a panel at a symposium hosted by the School of Public Health on coronavirus

Coronavirus Outbreak

Boston Experts: We Need to Scale Up Coronavirus Testing Now

March 13, 2020

A worker at the Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., near Seattle, wears a mask as she leaves the building

Coronavirus Outbreak

BU Infectious Disease Experts on What We’ve Learned about Coronavirus

March 4, 2020

Photo of blue suits hanging up in a lab at BU's NEIDL.

Coronavirus Outbreak

BU NEIDL Scientists Join International Coronavirus Research Effort

March 2, 2020

Chinese health workers in white suits, check the temperatures of Chinese residents

Coronavirus Outbreak

Outbreak Experts: What to Expect Next from Coronavirus

January 27, 2020

A portrait of Ayanna Pressley where she reveals her bald head as a result of Alopecia Areata

Hair Loss

Ayanna Pressley Opens Up about Hair Loss from Alopecia Areata

January 21, 2020

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

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 health worker administers medication to a person in the Congo

Ebola

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

August 15, 2019

Red Sox fans in solidarity with David Ortiz

Medicine

A BMC Trauma Surgeon on David Ortiz’s Gunshot Wounds

June 11, 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

John Ngo, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University

Biology

Turning Cells On and Off

July 2, 2018

Assistant Professor Wilson Wong (BME).

Engineering Biology

Upgrading the Immune System to Fight Cancer

April 27, 2018

Ebola virus under a microscope

Ebola

Blood Test May Predict Who Lives or Dies with Ebola

January 23, 2017

Chemistry

New Targets to Treat Type 1 Diabetes

January 17, 2017

Assistant Professor Wilson W. Wong (BME)

Biomedical Engineering

Wilson Wong Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

July 15, 2014

Wilson Wong Receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award