Research Rochester Researchers Receive $12 Million Award to Visualize the Immune System in Action By Emily Boynton Oct. 16, 2019 Experts in immunology, vaccine biology, biomedical engineering, optics and physics will use cutting-edge imaging technologies to watch the immune system work in real time and explore ways to better ...
Patient Care Does Chemo Brain Go Away? Wilmot Scientists Investigate By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 15, 2019 Wilmot Cancer Institute scientists have already discovered that “chemo brain” is a substantial problem that can linger for six months after chemotherapy ends. A new, $3 million grant ensures the ...
Patient Care Drs. Lipschitz and Stephens to Lead New EIOH Specialty Care Clinic By Karen Black Oct. 9, 2019 Wayne Lipschitz, D.D.S., M.S., has been named director and Nadejda ‘Nadia’ Stephens, D.M.D., has been named assistant director of the new Specialty Care clinic at UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for ...
Patient Care palliative care Gets National ‘Gold Seal’ Certification By Lori Barrette Oct. 8, 2019 The palliative care Program at UR Medicine’s Strong Memorial Hospital has earned its fourth Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for palliative care Certification.
Research Study: Innovative Pancreatic Cancer Treatment May Rev Up Immune System By Leslie Orr Oct. 7, 2019 A Wilmot Cancer Institute research team reports that combining a type of radiation therapy with immunotherapy not only cures pancreatic cancer in mice, but appears to reprogram the immune system to ...
Patient Care Residency Helps New Nurses Prepare to Become Bedside Leaders By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 7, 2019 From the medical side to emotional challenges, oncology nurses have so much to manage and learn. Newly trained nurses may feel the learning curve to be particularly steep. To help close the knowledge ...
Patient Care Oral &Maxillofacial Surgery Adds Two Programs By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 7, 2019 The Oral and Maxillofacial Department within the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistryâs Eastman Institute for Oral Health has added an OMFS-MD and an OMFS-EMBA program.
Research New Ovarian Cancer Treatment May Transform Care By Leslie Orr Oct. 3, 2019 Landmark clinical research shows that a new drug can extend the lives of some women with advanced ovarian cancer by nearly two years.
Nationally Renowned Doctor to Speak at 2019 Sischy Lecture By Wendy Boyce Oct. 3, 2019 David Rakel, M.D., will deliver the 2019 Sischy Lecture on Monday, October 28 at 6 p.m. at the Bloch Alumni and Advancement Center, 300 East River Road, Rochester, New York. His talk, “The Human ...
Research Environmental Toxins Impair Immune System over Multiple Generations By Mark Michaud Oct. 2, 2019 New research shows that maternal exposure to a common and ubiquitous form of industrial pollution can harm the immune system of offspring and that this injury is passed along to subsequent ...
