Faculty and Students in news from URMC Public Relations:
2007
B Zlokovic, R Bell: Draining
Away Brain's Toxic Protein to Stop Alzheimer's
August 13, 2007
Scientists are trying a plumber’s approach to rid
the brain of the amyloid buildup that plagues Alzheimer’s
patients: Simply drain the toxic protein away. That’s the
method outlined in a paper published online August 12 by Nature Medicine.
E Brown: Spouses Awarded Prestigious Sloan, Pew Fellowships
August 3, 2007
Edward Brown has been named a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, one of just 20 scientists in the nation to be recognized by the Pew Charitable Trusts this year. He received the award for his work developing new ways to analyze breast tumors.
C. Chang, S. Yeh : Cancer
Researchers Add Spice to Research Against Rare Neuromuscular
Disease
March 20, 2007
Scientists who focus on the molecular signaling that underlies
prostate cancer have discovered a compound that shows promise
against a debilitating neurodegenerative
condition known as Kennedy’s disease, which is caused by a mutant gene.
2006
B. Boyce : Researchers Discover New Gene Responsible for Brittle Bone Disease
October 19, 2006
A team of researchers has identified a new genetic mutation responsible for osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a condition that makes bones much more likely to break, according to a study published today in the journal Cell.
M. Noble, M. Mayer-Proschel : Speedsters'
Traffic Fines Fund New Research on Spinal Cord Injury
August 25, 2006
More than a dozen Rochester scientists seeking ways to reverse or lessen the
effects of paralysis and other effects of spinal cord injury will begin new projects
and continue promising research, thanks to motorists in New York State who push
the gas medal a little too far.
M. Noble, M. Mayer-Proschel : Novel Stem Cell Technology Leads to Better Spinal Cord Repair
April 27, 2006
Researchers believe they have identified a new way, using an
advance in stem-cell technology, to promote recovery after spinal
cord injury of rats, according to a study published in today's
Journal of Biology.
E. Puzas : Growing Body of Research Links Lead to Osteoporosis
March 20, 2006
Bolstered by recent laboratory findings, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are embarking on a National Institutes of Health-funded clinical study to better understand the deceptive role environmental lead exposure plays in bone maturation and loss.
J. Miano: Study Finds 60 New Genes Controlled by DNA Snippet
February 1, 2006
A new wave of research is concerned with, not how genes work, but how small regulatory DNA sequences tell genes where, when and to what degree to “turn on.” As part of this effort, researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center scanned through the vast human DNA code to reveal for the first time 60 genes influenced by one such sequence. Related Rochester Democrat and Chronicle article.
2005
E. Messing: Urologists
Study Fluorescent Dye, Blue Light to Detect Bladder Tumors
January 11, 2005
Urologists at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center are joining an international
clinical study of a new photosensitizer -- a liquid dye inserted into the bladder
-- to improve detection of small tumors that will likely grow after surgery.
E. Messing: Faster, Less Expensive Bladder Cancer Test Studied at UR
February 15, 2005
A test to detect bladder cancer reduces anxious waiting for people concerned about the disease and may cut the number of invasive procedures to verify the presence of tumors according to a study in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). This study was done in part at the University of Rochester Medical Center.
E. Schwarz, R. O’Keefe, B. Boyce: Gene Therapy Converts Dead Bone Graft to New, Living Tissue
February 18, 2005
Researchers have created a way to transform the dead bone of a transplanted skeletal graft into living tissue in an experiment involving mice. The advance is a promising development for the thousands of cancer and trauma patients each year who suffer with fragile and failing bone grafts.
D. Pearce, P. Rothberg: New Center Focuses on Rare, Fatal Childhood Disease
March 08, 2005
Scientists and physicians have established a Batten Disease Diagnostic and Clinical Research Center, a one-stop medical resource for children and families affected by the disease, which robs children of their sight, their cognitive faculties and finally their lives.
L. Calvi, B. Berk: URMC Doctor Named Pew Scholar
July 05, 2005
A researcher from the University of Rochester Medical Center is one of 15 nationwide selected as 2005 Pew Scholars in Biomedical Science. As a Pew Scholar, Laura M. Calvi, M.D., assistant professor in the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, will receive $240,000 to support her research over four years.
P. Fay: Redesigned Protein Accelerates Blood Clotting
July 20, 2005
Researchers have doubled the potency of a protein that drives blood to clot, according to research to be published in the July 26 edition of Biochemistry. The study results may have profound implications for the treatment of hemophilia, the inherited blood disorder that causes easy or excessive bleeding in 30,000 Americans.
E. Messing: Urologist Studies Soy-based Compound to Stop Bladder Cancer
August 16, 2005
Research has shown the many benefits of adding soy to our diets and urologists with the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center are studying whether it can also stop bladder tumors from growing.
B. Berk: $10M Grant To Support Research on Inflammation's Role in Heart Disease
August 17, 2005
The Cardiovascular Research Institute of the University of Rochester Medical Center has received a $10 million Program Project grant to study how inflammatory processes increase heart attack risk.
H. Smith: Study Holds Promise for New Way to Fight HIV
September 01, 2005
Researchers have confirmed for the first time the benefit of an innate defense system present in the few patients who remain healthy after years of infection with HIV despite receiving no treatment, according to an article published in the September edition of the Journal of Virology.
R. O’Keefe: Medical Center Taps Regis O’Keefe to Head Center for Musculoskeletal Research
September 30, 2005
I. Sanz: Open Wide For New Clues about Lupus
October 07, 2005
By snipping out and analyzing tiny samples of patients’ tonsils, scientists
have identified a key cellular checkpoint that is somehow bypassed in lupus
patients, where harmful immune cells that normally are squelched by the body
are mistakenly granted access.
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