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Devising Ways to Improve the Bioengineering of Blood Vessels for the Lungs

By Brian Burns | Medicine | 0 comment | 10 March, 2020 | 0

While researchers have made strides in the quest to bioengineer new organs, there’s still a long way to go.

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Too Much of a Good Thing? How a Typically Healthy Cellular Process Turns Harmful

By Brian Burns | Medicine, MGH Research Scholars | 0 comment | 4 March, 2020 | 1

Mass General researchers have made a key discovery about how the cellular process of autophagy can extend or shorten lifespan.

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Reducing the Devastating and Disproportionate Impact of Untreated Health Issues Among the Homeless

By Brian Burns | Infectious Disease, Medicine, Nursing Research, Population Health & Outcomes | 0 comment | 2 March, 2020 | 0

A Mass General nurse researcher is working to better connect homeless individuals to crucial primary care services.

Mass General Nurses Showcase Their Research During Grand Rounds

By Brian Burns | Nursing Research | 0 comment | 2 March, 2020 | 0

The Munn Center for Nursing Research at Massachusetts General Hospital recently celebrated a grand round events to recognize the recipients of several recent grants and awards.

Could Yoga One Day Be Prescribed as a Depression Treatment? Five Questions to Consider

By Brian Burns | Depression, Psychiatry | 0 comment | 9 January, 2020 | 0

There’s promising evidence that yoga could work well as a complementary therapy for depression, but some key questions remain.

Could Smartphones Give Surgeons A Better Sense of What Postoperative Recovery Looks Like?

By Brian Burns | Surgery | 0 comment | 7 January, 2020 | 0

Researchers are hoping that data on patient activity levels post-surgery that is collected via smartphones will help them better understand what the recovery process looks like.

Looking to Fill Time During the Holiday Lull? Check out these “Best Of” Science Lists

By Brian Burns | Communicating Science | 0 comment | 31 December, 2019 | 0

The best science books, news stories and breakthroughs of 2019 from Science, Altmetric and more.

Study Suggests Diabetes Interventions Reduce Cardiovascular Risk Factors Regardless of Genetic Predisposition to Coronary Artery Disease

By Brian Burns | Cardiology, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Medicine | 0 comment | 19 December, 2019 | 0

Two strategies for reducing cardiovascular risk in diabetes patients appear to work equally well regardless of the patient’s genetic risk for coronary artery disease.

Five Things to Know About The Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research

By Brian Burns | Five Things to Know, Nursing Research | 0 comment | 3 December, 2019 | 0

Nursing research at Mass General is conducted with the support and guidance of the Yvonne L. Munn Center for Nursing Research.

A Matter of Touch: Researchers Uncover A New Source of Symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder

By Brian Burns | Autism Spectrum Disorders, Molecular Biology | 0 comment | 20 November, 2019 | 0

Researchers have identified a new source for the symptoms of touch overreactivity in some individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

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