New Insights into Why the Immune System Fails to See Cancer
Study explores relationship between how the immune system sees peripheral tissues and cancers. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - June 29, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Sequencing Healthy Patients Reveals That Many Carry Rare Genetic Disease Risks
First-ever randomized trial examines the impact of whole genome sequencing in healthy primary care patients (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - June 26, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Predicting cognitive deficits in people with Parkinson ’s disease
New tool may improve clinical trial design and aid in treatment development (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - June 20, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Why We Get Diarrhea
Investigators explore the immune mechanism that drives diarrhea and its role in clearing infections (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - June 14, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Class of Type 2 Diabetes Drug Associated with Rare, Life-Threatening Outcome
Investigators quantify risk of diabetic ketoacidosis for patients taking SGLT2 inhibitors (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - June 7, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Building a Better Blood-Brain Barrier Model
“Spheroids” used to mimic the blood-brain barrier (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - June 6, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Study Offers Hard Data on Food Allergies
Investigators have found that 3.6 percent of people had a documented food allergy, with highest rates among females and Asians. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 31, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
New Connection Sprouts Between Alzheimer ’s Disease and the Immune System
Inhibition of immune molecule complement C3 signaling could offer a new therapeutic strategy for protecting against neurodegeneration. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 31, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
New 7 Tesla (7.0T) Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanner Arrives
State-of-the-art MRI scanner lowered and moved into imaging suite in the Building for Transformative Medicine at BWH (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 20, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Antibody for Fighting Cancer Emerges
Antibody originally developed for studying multiple sclerosis decreases tumor growth in preclinical models. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 19, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Opioid Use before Knee Replacement Surgery Results in Worse Pain Outcomes for Patients
According to a new study, patients who took opioids before knee surgery experienced about 9 percent less pain reduction at six months following surgery compared to patients who did not (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 18, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Women with elevated levels of a protein in their blood may be at a higher risk of ischemic stroke
Researchers from Brigham and Women ’s Hospital identified a link between elevated levels of beta-2 microglobulin, a protein found on the surface of many cells, and an increased risk of ischemic stroke among women. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 16, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
A Path Toward Ending AIDS in the U.S. by 2025
Study models HIV incidence, prevalence and mortality to determine feasible targets for ending the epidemic. (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 15, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, Named Executive Director of the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women ’s Health at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Joffe will also be appointed as the Paula A. Johnson Professor in Women ’s Health at (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 12, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
Ongoing natural selection against damaging genetic mutations in humans
Investigators studied natural selection in humans to understand how the species keeps damaging mutations in check (Source: BWH for Journalists)
Source: BWH for Journalists - May 11, 2017 Category: Research Source Type: news
