The viral video “What Does the Spleen Do” is an Internet sensation. The parody of “What Does the Fox Say” is the creation of a group of Harvard medical students to promote science education. HMS student Alex Power-Hays appeared on The Morning Show on NECN.
Although genome-wide association studies have revealed numerous risk loci associated with diverse diseases, they have also been tantalizingly short on detail. Researchers at Hebrew SeniorLife have found a way to track patterns within regulatory regions in a number of species close or distant to humans. Melina Claussnitzer, research fellow in medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife, is one of the authors of the study.
Robert Green, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was a guest on the BBC’s Inside Science to discuss personal genome testing kits.
For people with Type 2 diabetes who had hoped that their love handles might serve some purpose by reducing their risk of premature death, Harvard researchers have some bad news: The “obesity paradox” does not exist.
Jeffrey Karp, associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was recently a guest on My Fox Boston to discuss a new type of surgical glue that could be used to heal wounds.
A new study found that men who drank more than the recommended amount of daily alcohol experienced a significant decline in overall cognitive ability and could end up with the memory of someone as much as a half a decade older. Michael Charness, professor of neurology at VA Boston Healthcare System and faculty associate dean for Veterans Hospital Programs, is quoted.
We all know that a good night’s sleep is important, but we might not know just how important. So here’s some context: doctors say sleep is the third pillar of health, along with eating well and exercise. Charles Czeisler, the Frank Baldino, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Sleep Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was recently a guest on Radio Boston to discuss the importance of sleep.
Rudolph Tanzi, the Kennedy Professor of Neuroscience at HMS and Massachusetts General Hospital, coauthored this article about the Self-Directed Biological Transformation Initiative – a 100-subject study to map biological transformation to measure new genetic activity, searching for positive evolutionary effects.
