Research FDA Approves Pfizer Coronavirus Vaccine: Vaccination Begins in Frontline Health Care Workers By Mark Michaud Dec. 10, 2020 An interim analysis of study data from a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech indicates that the vaccine is highly effective in preventing COVID-19.
Education Something to Smile About: A Paid Dental Assistant Training Program By Karen Black Dec. 8, 2020 UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health this week is announcing an innovative new program, designed to provide employment and paid training opportunities while helping treat the area’s ...
Research Wilmot Science Moves out of the Lab into a Clinical Trial By Leslie Orr Dec. 4, 2020 Laura Calvi, M.D., achieved what a lot of translational researchers only dream of: For years, she made important discoveries in the lab, but then she was able to turn the project into a clinical ...
Research Researchers Find Nationwide Links Between Vaping and COVID-19 By Leslie Orr Dec. 2, 2020 Vaping and coronavirus cases are linked in states across the U.S., data shows.
Research $18 Million Grant Supports HIV/AIDS Research, Outreach to Rochester Community By Emily Boynton Dec. 2, 2020 The grant will allow the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Infectious Diseases Division to conduct HIV/AIDS vaccine and treatment trials and study emerging infections that require national ...
Patient Care Severe Mouth Pain Leads Florida Resident to Rochester By Karen Black Dec. 1, 2020 A 24-year-old professional performer suffered for months with mouth pain. He flew from Florida to be seen by an oral medicine expert at Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of ...
Research Space travel and the brain: URMC Researchers aim to understand its effects on function By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Nov. 30, 2020 URMC researchers were awarded by NASA to help answer questions about astronaut health and performance during future long-duration missions, including crewed missions to the Moon and Mars.
Research Memories Create ‘Fingerprints’ That Reveal How the Brain is Organized By Mark Michaud Nov. 20, 2020 While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity ...
Research Sometimes Tumors Vanish, but Improvements Still Needed for CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy By Leslie Orr Nov. 19, 2020 Patrick Reagan, M.D., looks at the data on his computer screen and a rare grin spreads across his face. His most recent study results for patients with end-stage mantle cell lymphoma show that an ...
Patient Care How to Quit Smoking During the Coronavirus Pandemic By Ruth Harper-Rhode Nov. 19, 2020 COVID-19 presents yet another good reason to quit smoking. But with the extra stress, anxiety and boredom that the pandemic has thrust upon us, quitting may seem like too big of a hill to climb. ...
