Donor Story

Resneks’ $25 million gift marks turning point in PSC research

The innovative research of Joshua Korzenik, MD, inspired the couple to make a significant gift to establish the Resnek Family Center for PSC Research, a first-of-its-kind research powerhouse dedicated to solving the disease.

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Robert S.D. Higgins, MD, MSHA, David Cohen, MD, PhD, Frank Resnek, Joshua Korzenik, MD (seated), Barbara Resnek, and Zander Berlinski. (Photo by Angela Rowlings)

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$1.5 million gift enables healthcare training for indigenous students

Philanthropy is bolstering a program at the Brigham and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative that is helping increase the pipeline of indigenous medical trainees.

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Donor Story

Good Ventures infuses $4.5 million into potential Alzheimer’s tool

Brigham scientists are developing a blood-based tool that detects Alzheimer’s early and monitors the effectiveness of promising treatment options.

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Health and Wellness

What is diabetes?

Did you know that more than half of Americans with diabetes don’t know they have it? Learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms, and how best to prevent this chronic illness.

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Donor Story

Resneks Make World’s Largest Investment in PSC Research to Improve Care for Patients with Rare Disease

A family’s search for better treatments for primary sclerosing cholangitis led them to the Brigham, where they established the only research center of its kind in the world.

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Patient Story

Father with Rare Cancer Gets a Second Chance Thanks to Pioneering Procedure

When Michael King was diagnosed with a rare cancer, he turned to Brigham experts for a pioneering surgery that gave him and his family a second chance.

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Research

What’s Next for Alzheimer’s Disease: Clinical Trials Show the Promise of Intervening Early

Brigham scientists are translating decades of pioneering research on Alzheimer’s into potential treatments to prevent this devastating disease.

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Donor Story

Tuttle family commits $2 million to rare kidney cancer research

The couple’s gift provides crucial resources for ongoing research into chromophobe renal cell carcinoma.

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Health and Wellness

Preventing and Detecting Lyme Disease in Kids

During summer, kids and parents alike are eager to get outside. But in the back of many parents’ minds lurks a common worry: Lyme disease.

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Patient Story

'Gifted My Greatest Love'

Abbey Bergman was convinced that the discomfort in her mouth was simply a canker sore. She was 27 years old and had been in good health all her life. What else could it be?

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Health and Wellness

Fighting the silent killer known as high blood pressure

Nearly half of adults (47%) in the United States have high blood pressure, or hypertension, but it often doesn’t cause symptoms.

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