Posts by: Maureen Newman

Maureen Newman

Maureen Newman is a science columnist for Pulmonary Hypertension News. She is currently a PhD student studying biomedical engineering at University of Rochester, working towards a career of research in biomaterials for drug delivery and regenerative medicine. She is an integral part of Dr. Danielle Benoit's laboratory, where she is investigating bone-homing therapeutics for osteoporosis treatment.

June 2, 2014June 2, 2014

BRCA2 Mutations Increase Smokers’ Risk for Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer

A large international research effort led by principal investigators Richard Houlston and Christopher Amos published new work in Nature Genetics that suggests a link a between BRCA2 and CHEK2 mutations ... Read more

May 28, 2014May 28, 2014

Antibiotics Unnecessarily Prescribed for Acute Bronchitis

Chronic Bronchitis

Two doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston recently discovered that the prescription rate for acute bronchitis treatment between 1992 – 2010 was 71%, a troubling finding considering the ... Read more

May 21, 2014May 21, 2014

FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation Granted To Clovis Oncology’s CO-1686 Non Small Cell Lung Cancer Drug

Lung Cancer

Patients with non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most prevalent form of lung cancer, face a dismal five-year survival rate of less than 5%. Almost 85% of the 1.7 ... Read more