Gregory W. Randolph, associate professor of otology and laryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, answers seven of the most common questions about thyroid cancer.
It is one of the big scientific mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease: Why do some people whose brains accumulate the plaques and tangles so strongly associated with Alzheimer’s not develop the disease? Now, a series of studies by Harvard scientists suggests a possible answer, one that could lead to new treatments if confirmed by other research. Bruce A. Yankner, professor of genetics, is the lead author of the new study.
Judah Folkman changed the world repeatedly with bold ideas that ranged from implantable pacemakers and subcutaneous birth control to an entirely new field of medical study: how diseases like cancer recruit blood vessels from the body via angiogenesis. Robert S. Langer, senior lecturer on surgery; Donald E. Ingber, founding director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and the Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology at HMS; and Marsha A. Moses, the Julia Dyckman Andrus Professor of Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital, are quoted.
Alzheimer’s disease isn’t what it used to be. After 30 years of having doctors diagnose the disease by symptoms alone, researchers and advocacy groups are calling for new diagnostic criteria that recognize changes in the brain as well as changes in behavior. Reisa Sperling, professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, is the lead investigator of a new study.
Fried food is bad for everyone, but it might be especially bad for people with the “wrong” genes, researchers reported Tuesday. Lu Qi, assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the study.
Harvard researchers create a heart patch using gels and 3D-printing technology that could someday lessen reliance on transplant surgery. Ali Khademhosseini, associate professor of medicine, and Nasim Annabi, research fellow in medicine, both of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led the research.
Deirdre Barrett, assistant clinical professor of psychology at Cambridge Health Alliance, and Robert Stickgold, associate professor of psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, discuss the case of Dion McGregor, a sleep talker whose vivid and expansive somniloquies are the subject of the album, Dreaming Like Mad with Dion McGregor.
A new test that checks stool for signs of colon cancer caught 90 percent of cases — far better than current stool tests, researchers reported. But it’s still no substitute for a colonoscopy, experts cautioned. Andrew Chan, associate professor of medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is quoted.
