Boston Biomedical Research Institute
Encyclopedia
Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) is located in 64 Grove Street, Watertown
, Massachusetts
. It is a non-profit institution concentrated on basic biomedical research to promote the understanding of human diseases (including heart disease
, cancer
, muscular dystrophy
and Alzheimer's etc).
In 2008 it received a grant to establish a muscular dystrophy research center.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 31,915 at the 2010 census.- History :Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England...
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. It is a non-profit institution concentrated on basic biomedical research to promote the understanding of human diseases (including heart disease
Heart disease
Heart disease, cardiac disease or cardiopathy is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases affecting the heart. , it is the leading cause of death in the United States, England, Canada and Wales, accounting for 25.4% of the total deaths in the United States.-Types:-Coronary heart disease:Coronary...
, cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
, muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy
Muscular dystrophy is a group of muscle diseases that weaken the musculoskeletal system and hamper locomotion. Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in muscle proteins, and the death of muscle cells and tissue.In the 1860s, descriptions of boys who...
and Alzheimer's etc).
In 2008 it received a grant to establish a muscular dystrophy research center.
History
- 1950: Charles SchepensCharles SchepensCharles L. Schepens was an influential Belgian ophthalmologist, regarded by many in the profession as "the father of modern retinal surgery", and member of the French Resistance....
founded The Retina Foundation - 1968: The Retina Foundation was separated into two institutions: the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and the Eye Research Institute of the Retina Foundation.
- 2003: Charles Emerson is appointed as new Director
Faculty
- Lynne M. Coluccio
- Janice Dominov
- Martin L. Duennwald
- Charles P. Emerson, Jr.
- Peter Erhardt
- Jaya Pal Gangopadhyay
- John Gergely
- Zenon Grabarek
- Philip Graceffa
- Markus Hardt
- Sachiko Homma
- Noriaki Ikemoto
- Peter L. Jones
- Oliver KingOliver KingOliver King was a Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Bath and Wells who restored Bath Abbey after 1500.-Life:Educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, King became a priest and was appointed Bishop of Exeter on 1 October 1492, consecrated on 3 February 1493. He was then translated to the see of...
- Toshio Kitazawa
- Paul C. Leavis
- Sherwin S. Lehrer
- Katsuhide Mabuchi
- Jeffrey Boone Miller
- Kent Nybakken
- Henry Paulus
- Lucia Rameh
- Victor A. Raso
- Nilima Sarkar
- James L. Sherley
- Walter F. Stafford, III
- Shinichi Takayama
- Hiroshi Tokuo
- Moonkyoung Um
- Chih-Lueh Albert Wang
- Sarah Wilcox-Adelman
- Hartmut Wohlrab