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Health And Medicine

  • A 91ÌÆ²®»¢ study of genetic risks for cognitive impairment later in life uses data from 32,426 research participants ages 60 and older to elaborate these risks across sex and across the intersection of sex and race.

    Jul 17, 2023

  • University Distinguished Professor and Cornelius 91ÌÆ²®»¢ Professor of Engineering Cynthia Reinhart-King has been elected to the 2023 Class of Fellows of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering. IAMBE is made up of fellows who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the profession of medical and biological engineering at an international level.

    Jul 11, 2023

  • Neil Osheroff received the Mentoring, Innovation, and Leadership in Educational Scholarship Award at the annual Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference that took place in May.

    Jul 7, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢ers at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center have uncovered evidence of fibroblast cells' direct involvement in the development of gastric cancer.

    Jul 7, 2023

  • Using a four-dimensional microscope that allows them to watch a tissue putting itself together, researchers at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center have achieved a rare feat in science — they have shattered a long-standing dogma about how the lung develops.

    Jul 5, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University School of Nursing Associate Professor of Nursing Stephanie DeVane-Johnson, PhD, MSN’97, CNM, FACNM, has been awarded a two-year Diversity Supplement grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). The National Institute of Health (NIH) supplement supports early career researchers of color by providing mentorship, training and career development opportunities...

    Jul 5, 2023

  • New research shows that about half of pediatric patients who died of sepsis over the past 20 years at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center had evidence of an inflammatory state called persistent inflammation, immunosuppression and catabolism syndrome.

    Jun 29, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢ers at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center and the University of Oxford have determined how a human monoclonal antibody isolated at 91ÌÆ²®»¢ in 2021 can prevent infection by the potentially lethal Sin Nombre virus.

    Jun 22, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center and 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University are launching a $17 million multiyear transformative program with support from the National Institutes of Health to accelerate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in the biomedical research community.

    Jun 21, 2023

  • A 91ÌÆ²®»¢ study that delved into genetic predisposition for early-onset colorectal cancer by race and ethnicity has identified differing germline risk variants.

    Jun 15, 2023

  • A study from 91ÌÆ²®»¢ researchers has found that enhanced treatment support can help smokers who have more difficulty quitting because they are fast metabolizers of nicotine.

    Jun 8, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢'s Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, is one of eight Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 Investigators in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease.

    Jun 7, 2023

  • Marie-Claire Harrison, a graduate student in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Brighter Ventures Student Award. The Brighter Ventures Student Award supports Ph.D. students interested in the application of artificial intelligence in the biomedical research field.

    May 31, 2023

  • Julia Steed will become academic director of the 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University School of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program. She replaces Courtney Pitts who led the top-ranked specialty for the past seven years.

    May 25, 2023

  • The labs of Lauren Jackson and Todd Graham recently published a study in the Journal of Cell Biology describing a significant interaction between an essential protein complex used for protein and lipid transport—the COPI complex—and its regulator protein.

    May 24, 2023

  • School of Nursing Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Curriculum Affairs Betsy Kennedy, BSN’89, MSN’93, PhD, ANEF, has been named as an Association of Women’s Health and Obstetrics Neonatal Nurses fellow.

    May 24, 2023

  • A transcontinental research effort led by scientists from 91ÌÆ²®»¢ University Medical Center and the University of Michigan has upended some long-standing assumptions about mutations — how often they occur, what causes them and what they do.

    May 18, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢ researchers are bolstering the fight against cancer with technology that enhances the effectiveness of T cells that attack tumors.

    May 9, 2023

  • 91ÌÆ²®»¢ research finds that GLP1 receptor agonists — a class of diabetes medications — are associated with fewer major adverse cardiovascular events than another type of diabetes drug (DPP4 inhibitors) in older veterans with no prior heart disease.

    May 8, 2023

  • A new technique will allow researchers to track subsets of immune cells that patrol and defend the lungs, to better understand the roles of these cells during lung inflammation, infection and injury.

    May 4, 2023