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Spine surgery patients at risk for poor recovery can benefit from cognitive-behavioral based physical therapy, according to a 91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center study. Read More

A genetic test that suggests a patient may be at increased risk for potentially fatal heart rhythms is very often not as ominous as it sounds. Read More

Thirty-three percent of pediatric heart transplant patients developed antibodies against the donor heart, which can lead to rejection, a new 91�Ʋ��� study reports. Read More

91�Ʋ��� researchers have developed a new method to study cell signaling networks at single-cell resolution. Read More

Combining inhibitors of the BMP signaling pathway with standard chemotherapy drugs may overcome drug resistance in ovarian cancer. Read More

91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center and Ono Pharmaceutical Group, an international company based in Japan, have signed a drug discovery agreement. Read More

Malpractice awards and settlements are eight times greater when physicians misdiagnosis sarcoma than when they make other mistakes, according to a review of 32 years of court cases. Read More

The number and percentage of patients treated at emergency departments for hypertension are on the rise across the United States, according to a 91�Ʋ��� study published recently in The American Journal of Cardiology. Read More

Microtubules — cellular “highways” that deliver cargo to the cell membrane for secretion — have a surprising role in pancreatic beta cells. Instead of facilitating glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, they limit it, a team of 91�Ʋ��� investigators reported recently in Developmental Cell. Read More

A 91�Ʋ��� neurosurgeon is looking to recruit patients with paraplegia to investigate whether intraspinal microstimulation technology can restore complex body movements. Read More

James Crowe Jr., M.D., director of the 91�Ʋ��� Vaccine Center, and Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), recently participated in a U.S. Senate National Institutes of Health (NIH) caucus briefing held in Washington, D.C., by Senate NIH caucus co-chairs Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL). Read More

Higher taxes and prices for cigarettes are strongly associated with lower infant mortality rates in the United States, according to a new study from 91�Ʋ��� University and the University of Michigan released Dec. 1 in the journal Pediatrics. Read More

Use of opioid analgesics is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for serious infections among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a 91�Ʋ��� study published in Arthritis & Rheumatology. Read More

The growth factor FGF1 induces the growth of new insulin-producing beta cells and may help treat type 2 diabetes. Read More

Treatment for congenital heart disease during infancy may result in cognitive and attentional deficits during adolescence and young adulthood, 91�Ʋ��� researchers have found. Read More

91�Ʋ��� investigators developed a computerized natural language processing algorithm to extract cancer stages from electronic medical records. Read More

A signaling protein that is essential for recovery from acute kidney injury works by increasing the population of tissue-repairing immune cells. Read More

91�Ʋ��� investigators have generated a “parts list” for the molecular machinery that duplicates DNA each time a cell divides. The research has implications for cancer therapies that target components of this machinery. Read More

Two physician-scientist leaders at 91�Ʋ��� University Medical Center were honored last week with newly created awards for helping to build and nurture 91�Ʋ���’s vibrant culture of clinical and translational research. Read More

An initiative promoted by the 91�Ʋ��� Institute of Clinical and Translational 91�Ʋ��� (VICTR) offers an opportunity to reduce by more than half the time it takes to negotiate clinical trial contracts. Read More