Boston University

Research

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

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Disease

Wearable Windows into Breast Tumors

April 24, 2017

Lisa Fredman, Boston University School of Public Health professor of epidemiology

Neurology & Neuroscience

Caring for the Caregivers

April 29, 2016

Lindsay Farrer, Boston University School of Medicine Distinguished Professor of Genetics

Health & Medicine

The Gene Hunter

April 28, 2016

Karin Schon, Boston University School of Medicine

Exercise

Work It Out

April 27, 2016

Robert Stern, Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center

Health & Medicine

The Search for a Treatment

April 26, 2016

Wendy Qiu, Boston University School of Medicine Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry in Aging

Research

Diagnosis: Alzheimer’s

April 25, 2016

Jobs

Too Many Postdocs, Too Little Funding

April 27, 2015

Darrel Kotton, Andrew Wilson, and Finn Hawkins in the Center for Regenerative Medicine's Kotton-Wilson-Ikonomou lab

Natural Sciences

Cracking the NIH Code

April 21, 2015

Research

Truths and Half-truths

April 13, 2015

Alexander Graham Bell

Research

Who Picks Up the Tab for Science?

April 6, 2015

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Natural Sciences

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

The Grinstaff Group, chemotherapy drug delivery treatment for mesothelioma, nanoparticles, Doctor Mark Grinstaff, professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of biomedical and materials science engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, biomedical engineering research laboratory, Boston University biomedical research faculty, Boston University post graduate research, Boston University post-graduate research

Biology

Drug-Packed Nanoparticles KO Mesothelioma

February 3, 2014

Doctor Mark Grinstaff, professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, professor of biomedical and materials science engineering, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, The Grinstaff Group, biomedical engineering research laboratory, Boston University biomedical research faculty, Boston University post graduate research

Natural Sciences

From Grad Students to Groundbreakers

February 3, 2014

Richard Saitz, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, Boston University School of Medicine, BUSM, MED, addiction research, evidence based medicine, SBIRT, Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment, CCM, chronic care management

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 5: Bringing Scientific Rigor to Addiction Research

November 22, 2013

Tibor Palfai, professor of psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, alcohol triggers, what makes people drink alcohol, why do people drink alcohol, addiction research, alcoholism research

Alcohol

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 3: The Search for the Alcohol Trigger

November 20, 2013

Kathleen Kantak, Professor of Psychology, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences, CAS, Attention Deficit Disorder medication, ADD, ADHD, cocaine addiction, cocaine use

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 2: Could ADHD Meds Promote Future Cocaine Use?

November 19, 2013

Doctor Alex Walley, Boston Public Health Commission methadone clinic, Naloxone opioid overdose prescription drug, Narcan opioid overdose prescription drug, opiate overdose, fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts

Research

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline

November 18, 2013

The Addiction Puzzle, Part 1: An Overdose Lifeline