The U.S. Supreme Court is again grappling with the death penalty by examining the effectiveness of the drugs used to put prisoners to death in Oklahoma. David Waisel, associate professor of anaesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital, is quoted.
In a world first, Chinese scientists have reported that they have used powerful gene-editing techniques to modify human embryos. George Church, Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, and George Daley, professor of biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Boston Children’s Hospital, are quoted.
David G. Hunter, professor of ophthalmology at Children’s Hospital Boston, participated in a Q&A about the development and future of the Pediatric Vision Scanner.
Air pollution is known to increase the risk for stroke and other cerebrovascular disorders. But now researchers have found it is also linked to premature aging of the brain. Elissa Wilker, instructor in medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the study’s lead author.
Just a two-week diet swap shows just how bad a Western diet of junk food is for us, according to a new study. Andrew Chan, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General, is quoted.
Five billion people worldwide do not have access to safe surgery and anesthesia, more than double previous estimates, resulting in more deaths than malaria, AIDS and tuberculosis combined, according to a new report. John Meara, Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the field of Global Surgery and associate professor of surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, is lead author of the report.
There could be hope for dieters however, after scientists identified the brain cells that create the sensation of hunger. Bradford Lowell, professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, is the study’s co-senior author.
Millions of people worldwide die from appendicitis, obstructed labor, compound fractures and other treatable conditions for lack of routine surgeries, according to a recent report. John Meara, Steven C. and Carmella R. Kletjian Associate Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine in the Field of Global Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, is a lead author of the report.
Neurons in the hypothalamus that express the melanocortin 4 receptor and communicate with a region at the back of the brain create a feeling of fullness that stops hungry mice from eating when the brain cells are activated, according to a new study. Bradford Lowell, professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, coauthored the study.
