The Flu Near You project has been tracking the progress of influenza since 2012. But on Feb. 22, subscribers started receiving questions about six additional conditions, including rash, red eyes, and joint or bone pain. Harvard Medical School is referenced.
This article discusses the lack of regulation of nutritional or dietary supplements in the United States. Pieter Cohen (Cambridge Health Alliance) is quoted.
Though plenty of people still meditate for religious reasons, these days the practice has joined yoga as a secular and chic trend, as dedicated meditation studios open in cities like New York and Los Angeles. Herbert Benson (Mass General) is quoted.
Bacteria that have evolved resistance to ß-lactam antibiotics can be rendered susceptible once again if the drugs are combined with newly identified small molecule adjuvants called tarocins. Suzanne Walker (HMS) is quoted.
Women are more apt to be lead authors of research published in major medical journals today than they were a generation ago, but they still lag behind men as a recent study suggests. Kathryn Rexrode (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
Five scientists will share the 2016 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize for their work on Crispr. Jeffrey S. Flier (HMS dean) and Clifford Tabin (HMS) are quoted.
John Meara (Boston Children’s) and Nakul Raykar (Beth Israel Deaconess) co-authored this opinion piece on the role of surgery in Sustainable Development Goals. Paul Farmer (HMS) is quoted.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will begin proceeding that will determine the recipients of patents covering the use of CRISPR-Cas9 genome-editing technology. George Church (HMS) is mentioned.
