The “personalized” approach to treating cancer, which subdivides the classic types according to distortions in their genes, has been growing at a rapid pace. Raju Kucherlapati, the Paul C. Cabot Professor of Genetics at HMS, is quoted.
Biogen Idec Inc. said yesterday that it has formed a consortium with several academic research centers that looks to identify new approaches to treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, which is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas, HMS professor of cell biology, is also the company’s senior vice president and chief scientific officer.
An international team, including researchers from HMS, found the effectiveness of a range of common sleeping tablets were of “questionable clinical importance.”
Ellen Braaten, HMS assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, was a guest on My Fox Boston to discuss the Newtown tragedy.
Repeat CT scans deliver a big dose of potentially hazardous radiation over time, but the short-term benefit may outweigh the long-term risk for men with testicular cancer, a new study suggests. Pari Pandharipande, HMS assistant professor of radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead researcher.
A scientific review found music’s influences healing – especially the sympathetic nervous system and the immune system, U.S. researchers say. Researchers at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston said music also reduces levels of serum cortisol in the blood.
Richard Keller pleaded not guilty Tuesday to possessing and receiving child pornography, including some that authorities said he had shipped to the student health center at the elite boarding school where he worked. Keller has worked at Boston Children’s Hospital and taught at Harvard Medical School and has been placed on administrative leave.
Medical schools are working to fill gaps in primary care as more students express interest in becoming family physicians. Russell S. Phillips, HMS professor of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and director of the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care, is quoted.
