A Brigham clinic offers high-resolution anoscopy to screen for anal dysplasia in people at increased risk of anal cancer due to HPV infection, HIV status, and other factors. Co-founders James Yoo, MD, and Jennifer A. Johnson, MD, explain their mission to reduce the incidence of anal cancer in high-risk populations.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently determined how epithelial cells promote Th17 cell generation in response to bacterial colonization as a step toward better understanding the treatment—and even prevention—of chronic inflammatory diseases.

The Brigham’s new approach to providing diabetes care for Latino/Hispanic patients involves embedding diabetes specialists in community clinics and offering culturally and linguistically appropriate services to help patients control their disease and its complications, as A. Enrique Caballero, MD, explains.

In this video from the 2023 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Professor Andrew J. Schoenfeld, MD, describes his recent research on the cost-utility benefits of robotic assistance for adult spinal deformity procedures.

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have designed two promising AAV9 variants that are much more effective than the parent vector for delivering therapeutic transgenes into the central nervous system of mice and macaques.

Brigham researchers previously reported that first-degree relatives of patients with pulmonary fibrosis have high rates of interstitial lung abnormalities (ILA). Their two-year follow-up indicates radiologic progression of ILA was common in relatives and may be associated with accelerated loss of lung function.