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A New Breed of Nonhormonal Birth Control

November 30, 2022

A dissolvable patch that uses antibodies grown from tobacco plants could prevent unwanted pregnancies and HIV—at a time when reproductive health is under attack

A New Drug-Resistant Fungus Is Spreading in Hospitals. Is It The Last of Us in Real Life?

March 28, 2023

A New Type of RNA Could Revolutionize Vaccines

September 9, 2024

An accidental discovery turned into an unexpected success, when a team of interdisciplinary BU researchers created a new and improved COVID vaccine

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A Notorious Boston Intersection, Mass and Cass, Faces an Opioid Overdose Crisis. BU Researchers Are Turning to Survivors for Answers

August 3, 2023

New study concludes it’s time to rethink sobriety requirements for housing and offer more harm-reduction options

A Quest for Extreme Life—What Microbes Can Tell Us about Life on Earth and in Space

April 24, 2023

Boston University biologist Jeffrey Marlow visits the planet’s most hostile habitats to learn about how microbial communities form

A Saliva Test for Soldiers, Athletes, and Others Aims to Predict Performance

October 31, 2023

BU engineer to lead $17.7 million DARPA project analyzing biomarkers to assess readiness for physically and mentally challenging tasks

Professor Kamal Sen (left) and his graduate student Sudan Duwadi work with a volunteer wearing the fNIRS cap

A Solution to the Cocktail Party Problem—Hidden in the Brain

January 23, 2026

BU researchers are mixing neuroscience, photonics, and engineering to help people with hearing loss pick out sounds in noisy spaces.

A “Game-Changing” New Drug for Schizophrenia?

October 3, 2024

BU researchers discuss whether Cobenfy, which reportedly lacks the side effects of other antipsychotic medications, is the real deal for patients

Accepting Applications: Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program Pilot Grants

December 6, 2020

DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 1, 2021. The recently established Boston University Framingham Heart Study Brain Aging Program (FHS BAP) is soliciting proposals focusing on genetic, genomic, biomarker, epidemiological, behavioral, brain imaging, ethical, health systems or other research in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), AD-related disorders, and brain aging. Proposed research must include a major component involving analysis of existing FHS data. It is anticipated that two proposals up to $25,000 in direct costs for one-year non renewable projects will be awarded.

Additional Changes to the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Policy on Post-Submission Materials

June 28, 2017

Notice Number NOT-OD-17-066 expands the National Institutes of Health, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health post-submission materials policy to include citations to issued patents as allowable post-submission materials. This notice applies to applications submitted for proposals due on or after Sept. 25, 2017. Post-submission materials are those […]