BRI Director Joseph Loscalzo discusses the future plans for the BRI

The latest issue of BWH Clinical & Research News is now available online. This month's newsletter features an interview with Biomedical Research Institute Director Joseph Loscalzo, MD, PhD, looking back on the challenges and accomplishments of the BRI in 2011 and sharing what's in store for 2012, including planning for the Brigham Building for the Future.

BWH Researchers Develop New Drug Release Mechanism Utilizing 3D Superhydrophobic Materials

A new mechanism of drug release using 3D superhydrophobic materials utilizes air as a removable barrier to control the rate at which drug is released.

A Leukemia Drug Kills Cancerous T-cells While Sparing Normal Immunity

Campath not only treats patients with L-CTCL but does so without increasing their risk of infections.

Lifestyle Counseling in Primary Care Setting Dramatically Reduces Time to Reach Treatment Goals for People with Diabetes

Lifestyle counseling, practiced as part of routine care for people with diabetes, helps people more quickly control diabetes.
Use of Iodinated Contrast Media in Imaging Procedures Appears to Affect Thyroid Function

Exposure to iodinated contrast media during imaging procedures is associated with changes in thyroid function.

2012 Polymer International-International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Polymer Award

Ali Khademhosseini, MASc, PhD

 

OurGenes, OurHealth, OurCommunity

This innovative research initiative at BWH aims to create a bank of blood samples and health information to be used for research studies.

 

From the first successful human organ transplant in 1954 to face transplants in 2011, the clinical success of BWH has been intimiately tied to the advancements made by its clinical researchers.