West Nile, Zika, Coronavirus: This BU Researcher is Taking on Some of the World’s Most Serious Viruses—And He Plans to Win
Virologist Mohsan Saeed’s research has the potential to save thousands of lives. His next focus: stopping mosquitoes from spreading disease.
2024 Kilachand Fund Awards Boost Projects Building Antivirus Platform, Improving Brain Imaging, and Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
Interdisciplinary research fund was established to tackle biggest challenges in the life sciences.
How ARPA-H Is Accelerating Funding in Biomedical, Medicine, and Health Research—and How BU’s Scientists Can Benefit
A deputy director from the President Biden–founded Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is visiting BU to discuss support for “high-risk, high-payoff” projects.
Using Light to Monitor Blood Pressure and Track Cancer Treatment Progress
Understanding how light interacts with living cells and tissues is the foundation of BU engineer Darren Roblyer’s medical device inventions, which can open up a whole new way of monitoring health.
Italian Government Gives $21 Million to BU-Led Effort to Develop New Antibiotics, Vaccines, Diagnostics
Nonprofit research and product accelerator CARB-X will use funding in fight against antimicrobial resistance
These Plants Aren’t for Decoration—They’re for Science
BU researchers are testing new genetic engineering techniques to better understand how plants adapt to their environments
Global Biopharma Giant GSK and BU Announce Collaboration to Pioneer New Lung Disease Treatments
Linkup includes almost $7.5 million in support to drive research into pulmonary fibrosis, a disease with no existing cure
Research on CTE and Concussions Changed the NFL. Experts Say That’s Not Enough
New equipment, new rules, new attitudes won’t matter unless they trickle down to college, high school, and youth football
Searching for Answers—One Brain at a Time
Families who donate their loved one’s brain to BU’s CTE Center are helping researchers such as Ann McKee push the boundary of what we know about neurodegenerative diseases
“It Will Make CTE a Treatable Disease”: The Race for a Diagnosis in Life
CTE can only be diagnosed after death, but BU researchers are pushing closer to a breakthrough—one that could give patients answers before it’s too late