Tag: infectious diseases

A U.S patent issued today to the University of Rochester and two other entities for the use of compounds related to a popular spice in the fight against cancer, acne, baldness, and other medical ...

Researchers from around North America will gather in Rochester next week to trade notes about the disease-fighting capabilities of catfish, frogs, snails, sea squirts and other species, in an effort ...

The University of Rochester will be one of the first academic institutions in the nation to receive the next generation of IBM’s high performance supercomputers. The new system – called the Blue ...

Rochester scientists are looking for 20 people willing to roll up their sleeves to test a vaccine designed to stop norovirus, the microbe behind most cases of what people commonly call stomach flu. ...

A new program, jointly funded by the University of Rochester Medical Center and the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research at Temple University, will help researchers identify and test chemical ...

A protein that protects some of our immune cells from the most common and virulent form of HIV works by starving the virus of the molecular building blocks that it needs to replicate, according to ...

The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded a contract from the Federal government to establish a center to study the germs that cause lung disease. The agreement could last ...

The University of Rochester has been awarded a U.S. patent for research essential to both human papillomavirus vaccines on the market. The patent is for the creation of virus-like particles that ...

A vaccine created in part by virologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center has been recommended for use by boys as well as girls to prevent certain types of cancer.

The University of Rochester Medical Center and Temple University School of Pharmacy have announced a partnership that will help translate novel medical research into new drugs for treating diseases.