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Medicine

History

Should Doctors Learn from Nazi Medical Research on Holocaust Victims?

June 20, 2019

Ann McKee speaks at the MED Convocation

Commencement

Ann McKee Urges MED Graduates to Speak Up for the Voiceless

May 21, 2019

John Howe delivers his Baccalaureate address

Commencement

In Baccalaureate Address, John Howe (MED’69, Hon.’19) Puts Names to “Making a Difference”

May 19, 2019

close up of George Annas teaching

Medicine

Did Researchers Bring Dead Pigs Back to Life? And Would That Be OK?

April 29, 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

Health & Medicine

What If We Could Stop Lung Cancer Before It Starts?

April 23, 2019

Public Safety

Why You Should Keep a Tourniquet in Your Beach Bag

April 20, 2019

Detail photo of a researcher demonstrating a drug-free blue light therapy MRSA treatment. The researcher exposes a petri dish of MRSA and hydrogen peroxide to a blue light laser light.

Photonics

How Light Turns Ordinary Hydrogen Peroxide into a MRSA Treatment

April 9, 2019

School of Social Work graduate student Jessica Lareau

Public Health

Don’t Call Jessica Lareau an Alcoholic. To Her, Words Matter

April 2, 2019

Cara Guenther and Otis visit Darinta Larios in BMC's Pediatric Inpatient Unit

Therapy

MED Student’s Bernese Mountain Dog Captivates, Comforts BMC Patients

April 1, 2019

microscopic view of melanoma

Genetics

Shutting Down Skin Cancer

February 25, 2019

Mattio looks at plants at a Dispensary in Seattle

Career

Jobs in the Emerging Cannabis Industry: Life on a New Frontier

February 5, 2019

A hand pulls back on a rubber band getting ready to "shoot" it from a lab machine as part of an experiment researching physics of shooting rubber bands and plucking guitar strings

Physics

Slingshot Surprise

January 31, 2019

A portrait of Nicole Prudent

Medicine

After Nearly Three Decades, MED Pediatrician Nicole Prudent to Retire

January 28, 2019

microscopic image of ebola virus

Ebola

Spotting Ebola in the Crowd

January 28, 2019

Microscopic image of tuberculosis bacteria

Biology

How Bad Drugs Turn Treatable Diseases Deadly

January 14, 2019

Ann Zumwalt in her office

Medicine

Office Artifacts: Ann Zumwalt

December 10, 2018

A female asian child enters an MRI machine.

Infectious Diseases

Mysterious Illness AFM Has Paralyzed More Than 100 Children

December 5, 2018

Portrait of Jennifer Tseng, Boston Medical Center’s surgeon-in-chief, sitting chair in her office

Health & Medicine

Jennifer Tseng: From Receptionist to Chief Surgeon

November 29, 2018

A portrait of Xin Zhang

Computational Science

ENG’s Xin Zhang Is BU’s 2018 Innovator of the Year, First Woman Chosen

October 24, 2018

A child watches as students get on a yellow school bus

Psychology

BU Spearheads Largest-Ever Study of Child Anxiety

September 25, 2018

BU Spearheads Largest-Ever Study of Child Anxiety