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Disease

George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor, Boston University School of Public Health SPH, ethics, public health ethics, Ebola virus, ZMAPP, ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, how to treat Ebola virus

Public Safety

Battling Ebola: The Ethical Issues

August 13, 2014

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Faculty

Battling Ebola: Is Human Activity to Blame?

August 7, 2014

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Infectious Diseases

Battling Ebola: Working with a Deadly Virus

August 7, 2014

Davidson Hamer, Boston University School of Public Health, SPH, global health and medicine, international health, ebola virus outbreak, West Africa ebola virus outbreak 2014, global response plan

Global

Battling Ebola: Grading the Global Response to the Epidemic

August 6, 2014

Edward Damiano, bionic pancreas, Boston University College of Engineering, ENG, biomedical engineering, type 1 diabetes

Research

ENG Prof’s Bionic Pancreas Takes a Big Step Forward

June 19, 2014

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NEIDL

NEIDL Takes Two Steps toward Full Operation

May 15, 2014

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Faculty

A Better Way to Find and Treat Osteoarthritis

February 3, 2014

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Health & Medicine

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

Disease

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

Framingham Heart Study, FHS, Jackson Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, MED, University of Mississippi, American Heart Association, AHA

Medicine

$30 Million from AHA Bolsters Framingham Heart Study

December 9, 2013

leishmaniasis, Scott Schaus, associate professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS, associate professor of pharmacology, Boston University School of Medicine BUSM, Lauren Brown, research assistant professor of chemistry, Boston University College of Arts and Sciences CAS

Medicine

BU Researchers Work against Deadly, Disfiguring Disease

November 7, 2013

American Medical Association AMA decision, obesity, disease, medical condition, overweight, fat

Disease

Is Obesity a Disease?

June 20, 2013

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Public Health

Ban the Tan?

June 5, 2013

Boston University BU, National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories NEIDL, National Institutes of Health NIH issued Supplemental Record of Decision, research facility risk assessment

Disease

NEIDL a Step Closer to Wider Operation

January 7, 2013

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lgbt

LGB Cancer Survivors Make Good Use of Clinical Trials

December 17, 2012

LGB Cancer Survivors Make Good Use of Clinical Trials