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A team led by Michael Sadowsky, PhD, has created a tool designed to help public health officials better understand sources of contamination in our waterways. Sadowsky, a microbiologist, is the director of the BioTechnology Institute, a Consortium member. According to the Minnesota… Read more

Last week a 44-year-old California man was the first to be implanted with billions of copies of "a corrective gene and a genetic tool to cut his DNA in a precise spot," according to The Guardian. The patient, Brian Madeux, suffers from Hunter syndrome and has endured 26 operations to treat… Read more

In a talk last week sponsored by Harvard Law School's Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology and Bioethics, Prof. Francis Shen, JD, PhD, raised the question of how to grapple with powerful people who show signs of dementia. According to an item from WBUR, a public radio… Read more

The Institute on the Environment (IonE), a Consortium member, celebrated its tenth anniversary on Thursday, Nov. 16. IonE is a cross-disciplinary institute that focuses on solving major environmental challenges, and a leader in the field of ecological economics — the science and… Read more

A recent conference sponsored by US News & World Report was dedicated to the "Healthcare of Tomorrow," with a focus on integrative health. According to a related article, "As health care systems work to transition from fee-for-service to value-based care, some are finding that keeping… Read more

An article in Science Magazine describes the case of a 7-year-old boy who suffers from "a severe form of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), an often-fatal group of conditions that cause skin to blister and tear off at the slightest touch." He has made a dramatic recovery after being treated with… Read more

New guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend farmers and the food industry stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. According to the WHO, "Over-use and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans is… Read more

Air pollution in urban environments causes many premature deaths each year, and that number will grow as urban populations increase. Anu Ramaswami, PhD, led an international research team that recently published a study showing that using the heat generated from industrial processes for… Read more

The first annual Chainbreaker bicycle ride has raised more than $1.3 million, according to the Star Tribune. More than 1,000 cyclists took part in the August event, with all proceeds going to fund cancer research. The effort is spearheaded by the Masonic Cancer Center, a… Read more

Steven H. Miles, MD, has been recognized by the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) for his contributions to the field. Miles is Professor Emeritus at the Center for Bioethics, a Consortium member, and is best known for his work to hold people who perform and… Read more