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Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Northeastern University have uncovered a previously unidentified immune response to viruses inside the nose.
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In the first procedure, a team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Children’s Hospital successfully performed an in utero cerebrovascular surgery to treat a vascular malformation in an infant’s brain before birth.
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Anahita Dua, MD, MBA, MSc, and colleagues found that transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins was safe and could be performed with a high degree of procedural success in patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia who had no conventional revascularization options and would likely be amputated.
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Ongoing collaboration between physicians from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital has established the Brachial Plexus & Nerve Disorders Program at Mass General Brigham, serving patients with rare and complex upper body nerve injuries and neuromuscular conditions.
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Liron Bar-Peled, PhD, and his team have developed a new technology that quickly maps cancer specimens and their proteins to generate lists of druggable targets within two or three days.
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Osteoporosis can be treated with parathyroid hormone-based medications that stimulate bone formation. Massachusetts General Hospital researchers identified a new compound that influences components of the parathyroid hormone signaling pathway.
