New genetic evidence shows our ancestors interbred with now-extinct species. David Reich, HMS professor of genetics, was one of the leaders of the research.
Welcome to the world of synthetic biology, where micro-organisms can be programmed to invade and destroy cancer cells. The Wall Street Journal reviews “Regenesis,” a new book by George Church, the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at HMS.
Cambridge Health Alliance, which has been seeking a partnership with a financially stronger hospital system for two years, said yesterday that it has entered exclusive talks with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston about apotential affiliation.
At Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, health reform means testing out new payment models and delivery systems. It also means changing the socks that patients wear. Ken Sands, chair for health care quality and HMS associate professor of medicine, and Kevin Tabb, CEO and HMS lecturer on medicine, are quoted.
Hebrew SeniorLife has expanded its geriatric primary care practice in Brookline as part of an initiative that aims to deliver health care to under-served seniors in a way that reduces the cost to the health care system by promoting preventative care and alternatives to expensive hospital emergency room treatment. Rob Schreiber, HMS instructor in medicine at Hebrew SeniorLife, is quoted.
A high-profile Medicare policy that sought to reduce certain hospital-acquired infections by cutting payments tied to treating them turned out to have no impact, according to a new study. Grace Lee, HMS associate professor of population medicine, led the research.
An experimental Alzheimer’s treatment slowed mental decline in patients with early stages of the disease by 34 percent, the first evidence that a medication may be able to alter the course of the disease, according to research presented by scientists meeting in Boston on Monday. Reisa Sperling, HMS professor of neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, led a study about a different experimental drug also presented Monday.
