More than 30 face transplants have been performed worldwide, but there is little information about recipients’ long-term outcomes. Bohdan Pomahac (Brigham and Women’s) led the study.
Moderately obese men display different epigenetic marks on their sperm than lean men, and bariatric surgery in massively obese men correlated with changes in sperm methylation. Mary-Elizabeth Patti (Joslin Diabetes Center) is quoted.
Half of children with severe heart defects also experience learning disabilities or other neurodevelopmental delays, which have been blamed partly on the stress of heart surgery they undergo early in life and on impaired blood flow during pregnancy. A new study finds evidence for an additional culprit, one that had long been suspected: genetics. Christine Seidman (Brigham and Women’s) is co-senior author of the paper.
Local researchers could transform treatment for conditions ranging from Alzheimer’s to depression, heart disease to cancer. Gordon Freeman (Dana-Farber), Pier Paolo Pandolfi (Beth Israel Deaconess), Alvaro Pascual-Leone (Beth Israel Deaconess), Reisa Sperling (Brigham and Women’s), Elizabeth Hohmann (Mass General), Paolo Cassano (Mass General), Michael Rohan (McLean Hospital), Steven Russell (Mass General), Raymond Chung (Mass General), Marc Kaufman (McLean Hospital) and Stuart Orkin (Dana-Farber) are quoted.
Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have discovered even more promising data around a Novartis drug for heart failure, saying that the drug increased life expectancy by nearly two years. Scott Solomon (Brigham and Women’s) is senior author of the study.
Negative news stories about statins may prompt people to stop taking the cholesterol-lowering drugs, and raise their heart attack risk, suggests a new study from Denmark. Jerry Avorn (Brigham and Women’s) is quoted.
A new poll suggests that many Americans are now willing to consider some form of government intervention as a way to moderate the upward slope of drug prices. Aaron Kesselheim (Brigham and Women’s) is mentioned.
David Nathan (Mass General) and George King (Joslin) participated in an interview about why the number of people newly diagnosed with diabetes is declining.
