The concentric circles of Dr. Bernard Lownâs influence
Updated February 22, 2021, 2:30 a.m.
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Dr. Bernard Lown, a pioneering cardiologist and a recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize as a cofounder of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, was photographed in his Newton home in 2012. He died Feb. 16 at 99.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
As a teacher, he passed on a legacy of truly seeing the patient
Mark Feeneyâs tribute to Dr. Bernard Lown, who died Feb. 16 at 99, celebrated an extraordinary individual whose impact on medicine and health care was profound (âPioneer cardiologist also shared a Nobel Prize,â Obituaries, Feb. 17). What should be added to the list of Dr. Lownâs scientific and humanist skills and accomplishments is his unique ability as a teacher.
A Life: Gail M. Barton 1937 2020; ‘You name it, she did it’
Gail Barton paints at Lakeside Park in Enfield, N.H., on Sept. 5, 2019. (Rebecca S. Bense photograph)
Dr. Gail Barton stands with one of her wall hangings at a meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in the 1970s. (Courtesy photograph)
Gail Barton, left, and Susan Rump are photographed at the opening reception for a group show they had with Anne Hartmann at Cedar Circle Farm in East Thetford, Vt., in Sept. 2013. (Courtesy Susan Rump)
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WINDSOR Whether it was on topics related to psychiatric care, ways to preserve Windsor’s historic elements or critiques of fellow artists’ work, Dr. Gail Barton spoke her mind.
By - Associated Press - Sunday, February 7, 2021
LEBANON, N.H. (AP) - Three new gifts totaling $3.35 million will go toward cancer immunotherapy research and teaching at a New Hampshire cancer center.
The funds will help accelerate the development of multiple, promising, next-generation immunotherapies, which harness a patient’s own immune system, at Dartmouth-Hitchcock’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
“These drugs take the brakes off the immune system and allow it to recognize, treat and cure a cancer, just as it would an infection,” says Steven Leach, director of the center and the Preston T. and Virginia R. Kelsey Distinguished Chair in Cancer at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
Researchers Shine a Light on UV Light Exposure and Kidney Damage
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January 25, 2021
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Exposure to UV light causes damage to everyone’s cellular DNA. Once the cells are damaged, the immune system clears them. However, people with lupus have a much slower clearance of these cells. The dead cells stick around in the body, triggering an immune system attack.
Previous studies have reported that in up to 80% of lupus patients, sun exposure can trigger both local skin inflammation and systemic flares, including kidney disease. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms that drive this process. Now, researchers at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and the University of Washington (UW) demonstrate that neutrophils not only infiltrate the UV-light exposed skin, but they also migrate to the kidney.
COVID-19 researcher has ties to Geisel School of Medicine
Jason S. McLellan, associate professor of molecular biosciences, left, and graduate student Daniel Wrapp, right, work in the McLellan Lab at The University of Texas at Austin on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. While at the Geisel School of Medicine s Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, McLellen was amongst those doing research that led to a COVID-19 vaccine. (The University of Texas at Austin - Vivian Abagiu)
Jason McLellan, associate professor of molecular biosciences, and others work in the lab at The University of Texas at Austin on Monday, Feb. 17, 2020. While at the Geisel School of Medicine s Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, McLellen was amongst those doing research that led to a COVID-19 vaccine. (The University of Texas at Austin - Vivian Abagiu)