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Harvard neuroscientist Paola Arlotta sees disease-fighting potential in brain organoids

To determine whether the cells her lab was growing related to those of the human brain, Arlotta turned to Lichtman, who for many years had been able to look at the organ in super-high resolution. The goal was to identify protrusions on nerve cells called dendritic spines, where the synapses form that connect one cell… Read More »

Fitch sees nonprofit hospitals as mixed bag in Q3 report

Brief Published Nov. 15, 2018 Dive Brief: Financial soundness of not-for-profit hospitals  and health systems was a mixed bag in the third quarter of 2018, with 11 security ratings upgrades and 11 downgrades, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest report. Three organizations — Aurora Health Care, Indiana-based Deaconess Health System and University of Colorado Health—saw their… Read More »