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Released: 1-Oct-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Babson College Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab® Welcomes 18 Founders To Its Miami Accelerator
Babson College

Babson College’s Women Innovating Now (WIN) Lab® Miami introduces eighteen founders - representing a diverse set of industries from FinTech to food and beverage - chosen to participate in the five month long accelerator, supported by Babson College, the #1 ranked college for the study of entrepreneurship.

   
Released: 28-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: September 2018
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 28-Sep-2018 12:05 PM EDT
The Cart Before the Horse: A New Model of Cause and Effect
Beth Israel Lahey Health

In a recent paper in Nature Communications, scientists led by Albert C. Yang, MD, PhD, of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, introduce a new approach to causality that moves away from this temporally linear model of cause and effect.

Released: 25-Sep-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Babson College Names Agnieszka Kuzniarski Managing Director Of Babson Dubai
Babson College

Babson College, the recognized world leader in entrepreneurship education, has appointed Agnieszka Kuzniarski to the position of managing director of Babson Dubai—the College’s newest global location.

   
Released: 21-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Easing the Discomfort of Restless Legs Syndrome
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Jacqueline Chang, MD, a pulmonologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, shares common triggers of Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS).

Released: 19-Sep-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Serial Entrepreneur Janos Stone Named Manager Of Innovation And Design Spaces At Babson’s New Weissman Foundry
Babson College

Babson College has announced the appointment of Janos Stone as Manager of Innovation and Design Spaces for its new Weissman Foundry.

Released: 17-Sep-2018 4:40 PM EDT
The Cancer Center at BIDMC Opens a Personalized Immunotherapy Cancer Vaccine Facility
Beth Israel Lahey Health

The Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) today announced the opening of the Randi and Brian Schwartz Family Cancer Immunotherapy and Cell Manipulation Facility. The state-of-the-art laboratory expands BIDMC’s research capacity with the ultimate goal of accelerating the delivery of new immunotherapies to patients with cancer.

Released: 17-Sep-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Babson To Honor Sundial Brands Founder, CEO And Executive Chairman Richelieu Dennis ’91 With Alumni Entrepreneur Award
Babson College

Babson College will honor Sundial Brands Founder, CEO and Executive Chairman Richelieu Dennis, Babson Class of 1991, with the Babson College Alumni Entrepreneur Award. Dennis also is Founder and Chairman – Essence Ventures. Babson will honor Dhairya Gupta MBA ’08, co-founder, AllizHealth; Chinmoy Mishra MBA ’08, co-founder, AllizHealth; and Dandan Zhu ’09, founder, Dandan Global, with the Alumni Rising Star Awards. Ceremonies will take place at Babson College’s Wellesley campus on Friday, September 21, 2018.

Released: 12-Sep-2018 8:05 AM EDT
Olin Ranked #3 in Latest US News Rankings Amid Growing Recognition
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

An MIT study released in the spring named Olin, along with MIT, as the top leaders globally in engineering education, even as more and more top programs are acknowledging Olin’s influence in their curricular reforms. The Princeton Review recently named Olin a top college in the nation in the 2019 edition of its college guide, The Best 384 colleges, recognizing Olin for the high quality of its faculty and classroom experience. And Business Insider recently placed Olin #3 among the “50 Smartest Colleges in America,” sharing top rankings with such institutions as CalTech, MIT, Yale and Harvard.

6-Sep-2018 3:45 PM EDT
Clinical Need Absent, Unclear in Nearly 30 Percent of Outpatient Opioid Prescriptions
Harvard Medical School

Nearly 30 percent of outpatient opioid prescriptions in the United States lack documented clinical reasons to justify dispensing the drugs.

Released: 10-Sep-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Historic Tufts University cannon gets a refresh
Tufts University

A decades-old Tufts University tradition of students painting messages of encouragement, resistance, love and celebration on a historic cannon located on campus just got a refresh. Thousands of layers of paint – weighing 2,000 pounds – were removed from the cannon to stabilize the fixture and allow for new generations of Jumbos to enjoy.

Released: 6-Sep-2018 10:30 AM EDT
Harvard Medical School Announces 2018 Media Fellows
Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School has selected the 2018 fellows for its annual Media Fellowship program, Sept. 24-28. The program, now in its 21st year, brings top health and science journalists together with preeminent researchers and physician-scientists for a weeklong educational immersion.

   
Released: 4-Sep-2018 9:50 AM EDT
Study: Massachusetts ICU Nurse Staffing Regulations Did Not Improve Patient Mortality and Complications
Beth Israel Lahey Health

In 2014, Massachusetts lawmakers passed a law requiring a 1:1 or 2:1 patient-to-nurse staffing ratio in intensive care units (ICU) in the state, as guided by a tool that accounts for patient acuity and anticipated care intensity. The regulations were intended to ensure patient safety in the state’s ICUs, but new research led by physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and published today in Critical Care Medicine found the staffing regulations were not associated with improved patient outcomes.

Released: 31-Aug-2018 9:50 AM EDT
Overcoming Resistance
Beth Israel Lahey Health

In a recent paper published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research (CCR), Carmelo Nucera, MD, PhD, primary investigator in the thyroid cancer research program in the Division of Experimental Pathology in BIDMC’s Department of Pathology, and colleagues investigated the role of pericytes as part of the tumor microenvironment in the subset of papillary thyroid cancers modulated by a mutation of the BRAF cancer-promoting gene.

Released: 29-Aug-2018 3:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: August 2018
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 24-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
What a Leading Cardiologist Eats for Breakfast
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A leading cardiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shares what he eats for breakfast

Released: 23-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
A Molecular Link Between Aging and Neurodegeneration
Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School researchers identified a molecular link between aging and a major genetic cause of both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, two related neurodegenerative diseases with shared genetic risk factors. The finding reveal possible new targets for treatment of these and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Released: 22-Aug-2018 3:50 PM EDT
Healing After Harm: Addressing The Emotional Toll of Harmful Medical Events
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A multidisciplinary group of leaders from the Healing After Harm Conference Group, led by Sigall Bell, MD, Researcher at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Linda Kenney, Executive Director of Medically Induced Trauma Support Services (MITSS), has established a consensus-driven research agenda with both immediately actionable and longer-term research strategies for health care organizations. The research agenda is designed to create a path forward to inform approaches that better support harmed patients and families.

20-Aug-2018 6:15 PM EDT
Ending a 40-Year Quest, Scientists Reveal the Identity of “Hearing” Protein
Harvard Medical School

Scientists have identified the sensor protein responsible for hearing and balance

Released: 21-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Babson College Among The Princeton Review’s Best 384 Colleges
Babson College

Babson College is among the colleges featured in The Princeton Review’s 2019 edition of The Best 384 Colleges.

Released: 20-Aug-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Could Vitamin B3 Treat Acute Kidney Injury?
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A multidisciplinary research team led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center has determined that vitamin B3 has the potential to prevent acute kidney injury. Published in Nature Medicine, the findings bring clinicians one step closer to an accessible and safe therapy for patients who may be at risk.

Released: 20-Aug-2018 10:00 AM EDT
"Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection" on view this fall
Tufts University

The Tufts University Art Galleries presents "Expressions Unbound: American Outsider Art from the Andrew and Linda Safran Collection," from Aug. 29 through Dec. 16, 2018. A public opening reception will take place on Thursday, Sept. 6, at 5:30 p.m. in the Remis Sculpture Court at the Shirley and Alex Aidekman Arts Center, 40 Talbot Avenue, in Medford, Mass.

Released: 17-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Olin College Named one of Nation's Top Colleges by Princeton Review
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Olin College has been named by The Princeton Review as one of the nation’s top colleges, and recognized among the top institutions in academic rigor and student satisfaction.

Released: 17-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Olin College Professor Selected to Participate in NAE U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

Olin College Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Jeff Dusek is one of eighty-four engineers selected to participate in National Academy of Engineering’s 24th Annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium.

Released: 17-Aug-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Money Magazine Ranks Babson No. 15 Among Best Small Colleges
Babson College

Money magazine has ranked Babson among the 727 Best Colleges In America, according to its Best Colleges For Your Money 2018 ranking. Babson is ranked No. 15 among Best Small Colleges and is the No. 1 business school in this category. According to Money, “for students looking for a more intimate academic experience, these are the highest-ranking colleges with fewer than 5,000 students.”

Released: 16-Aug-2018 4:25 PM EDT
Blood Test Could Detect Kidney Cancer Up to Five Years Prior to Clinical Diagnosis
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A team of investigators led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) medical oncologist Rupal Bhatt, MD, PhD, has demonstrated that a molecule called KIM-1, a protein present in the blood of some patients with renal cell carcinoma is present at elevated levels at the time of diagnosis, can also serve as a tool to predict the disease’s onset up to five years prior to diagnosis

Released: 16-Aug-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Wellesley Professor Discusses Boston Globe’s #FreePress Effort to Combat Anti-Media Rhetoric
Wellesley College

The current administration has a documented adversarial relationship with the media—frequently referring to the reporting of many outlets as “fake news” and calling the press the “enemy of the people.

Released: 10-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Research May Help Rescue Antibiotics’ Effectiveness in the Face of Drug-Resistant Bacteria
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Bacteria—especially Gram-negative strains—are becoming increasingly resistant to current antibiotic drugs, and the development of new classes of antibiotics has slowed. Faced with these challenges, investigators are studying the potential of combination therapy, in which two or more drugs are used together to increase or restore the efficacy of both drugs against a resistant bacterial pathogen. Now new research indicates that such synergy may work even when bacteria become resistant to colistin, which is considered a treatment agent of last resort.

9-Aug-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Global Funding for Adolescent Health Misses the Target
Harvard Medical School

Adolescents make up more than a quarter of the population in developing countries. Only 1.6 percent of global development assistance for health from 2003-2016 went to adolescent health. Resource allocation failed to address many of the diseases that take the worst toll on adolescent health, such as depressive disorders, anemia and injuries.

9-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Autoimmune Response Drives Vision Loss in Glaucoma
Massachusetts Eye and Ear

A research team from Massachusetts Eye and Ear and MIT has shown that immune cells in the eye that developed in response to early exposure to bacteria are a key contributor to progressive vision loss from glaucoma, the second leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world.

Released: 9-Aug-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Report: How to Increase Voting and Strengthen Political Learning on College Campuses
Tufts University

A new report released by the Institute for Democracy & Higher Education (IDHE) at Tufts University's Tisch College of Civic Life outlines specific steps to increase electoral engagement, political learning and civic participation at colleges and universities across the country.

Released: 9-Aug-2018 9:05 AM EDT
An Ancient Medicine Shows New Promise: Arsenic in Combination with an Existing Drug Could Combat Cancer
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukemia drug work together to target a master cancer regulator. The team, led by researchers at the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is hopeful that the discovery could lead to new treatment strategies for diverse types of cancer.

6-Aug-2018 12:30 PM EDT
Scientists Develop a Way to Monitor Cellular Decision Making
Harvard Medical School

Scientists have designed a way to monitor cellular decision making by measuring the rate of RNA change over time. RNA is the “interpreter” or “decoder” of genetic instructions that tell cells how much of which protein to make. The new method is an algorithm that quantifies changes in various RNA markers—the molecular footprints of a cell’s past and present and an indicator of its future, providing clues about what the cell is trying to become. The approach sets the stage for understanding cellular behavior during human development and may offer a way to rapidly monitor how cells respond to medications and other treatments.

Released: 7-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Traveling Safely with Heart Disease
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Dr. Eli Gelfand, Chief of the Outpatient Cardiology Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is available for interview to discuss traveling safely with heart disease.

Released: 2-Aug-2018 2:05 PM EDT
New Light Shed On Relationship Between Calorie-burning Fat and Muscle Function
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Endocrinologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have shown for the first time that brown fat can exert control over skeletal muscle function.

1-Aug-2018 9:30 AM EDT
Hearing Class
Harvard Medical School

A new study finds that the class of neurons responsible for transmitting information from the inner ear to the brain is composed of three molecularly distinct subtypes. The findings could inform efforts to develop therapeutic strategies to treat or protect against hearing loss.

Released: 2-Aug-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Dana-Farber Launches Chinese-Language Website
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute launches a new Chinese-language website.

2-Aug-2018 5:00 AM EDT
Muscle “Switch” May Control the Benefits of Exercise
Joslin Diabetes Center

Studying lab animals and humans, researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center discovered that a protein called JNK helps to drive response to exercise. If JNK is activated during exercise, the researchers say, that stimulates skeletal muscle growth. If it’s not activated, muscles improve their adaptation for endurance and aerobic capacity.

30-Jul-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Scientists Identify New Cell Type in Human Lungs
Harvard Medical School

Researchers have discovered a new, rare type of cell in the human airway. These cells appear to be the primary source of activity of the gene which causes cystic fibrosis.

   
Released: 1-Aug-2018 12:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Study Determines Risk Factors for Opioid Misuse
Beth Israel Lahey Health

• When opioids are prescribed following surgery, approximately four percent of the general patient population will continue using opioids for an extended time period • Race and household income were not significant risk factors for prolonged opioid use • Physicians’ prescribing practices may influence patient risk • Patients in the worker’s compensation setting experienced the highest rates of prolonged opioid use

Released: 1-Aug-2018 12:00 PM EDT
After 60 Years, Scientists Uncover How Thalidomide Produced Birth Defects
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

More than 60 years after the drug thalidomide caused birth defects in thousands of children whose mothers took the drug while pregnant, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have solved a mystery that has lingered ever since the dangers of the drug first became apparent: how did the drug produce such severe fetal harm?

Released: 31-Jul-2018 10:00 AM EDT
Tufts Ramnath Subbaraman selected to receive Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
Tufts University

Ramnath Subbaraman, a Tufts University School of Medicine assistant professor of public health and community medicine, has been selected to receive a 2018 Clinical Scientist Development Award from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The award supports his research to improve tuberculosis care in India.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Calling All Baby Boomers: Get Tested for Hepatitis C
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Michael Curry, MD, Section Chief, Hepatology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, suggests that baby boomers should get tested for Hepatits C.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 3:05 PM EDT
BIDMC Research Brief Digest: July 2018
Beth Israel Lahey Health

A monthly roundup of research briefs showcasing recent scientific advances led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faculty.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 12:05 AM EDT
BIDMC Researchers ID the Brain's Claustrum as Likely Origin of Parkinsonism's Tremors, Rigidty and Slowed Movement
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Parkinsonism – slowed movement, muscle rigidity and tremor – is a classic set of neurological symptoms most often seen in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Because neuron loss in the substantia nigra – a region of the brain associated with motor planning – is the hallmark characteristic of Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism has long been thought to originate there. However, parkinsonism can occur in patients who have other conditions that leave the substantia nigra intact, making the true source of the suite of symptoms a mystery.

Released: 24-Jul-2018 4:45 PM EDT
Does Sparkling Water Hydrate You?
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Mark Zeidel, MD, Chair of the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, clears up the myths and facts around sparkling water.

Released: 23-Jul-2018 4:00 PM EDT
Scientists Develop New Materials That Move in Response to Light
Tufts University

Researchers have developed magnetic elastomeric composites that move in different ways when exposed to light, raising the possibility that these materials could enable a wide range of products that perform simple to complex movements, from tiny engines and valves to solar arrays that bend toward the sunlight.

Released: 23-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Study suggests ways DPP-4 inhibitor might prevent kidney disease
Joslin Diabetes Center

Researchers have long sought drugs that could help to prevent diabetic kidney disease (DKD), which afflicts about 40% of people with type 2 diabetes. Among the current contenders are a class of diabetes management drugs known as DPP-4 inhibitors. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center now have shown that in mouse models of diabetic kidney disease, the DPP-4 inhibitor linagliptin produces two signs of prevention against kidney damage.



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