Research Parkinson’s Disease: A Looming Pandemic By Mark Michaud Nov. 13, 2017 New research shows that the number of people with Parkinson’s disease will soon grow to pandemic proportions. In a commentary appearing today in the journal JAMA Neurology, University of Rochester ...
Research Scientists Link Pancreatic Cancer Survival to Four Genes By Leslie Orr Nov. 2, 2017 Alterations in four main genes are responsible for how long patients survive with pancreatic cancer, according to a new study in Jama Oncology.
Education The Beauty of Team Research: Del Monte Institute Tackles Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Diseases from All Fronts By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 27, 2017 John Foxe, PhD, has devoted his career to improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disorders. Now he is helping assemble the scientific teams and talent necessary to take on ...
Research “Bubbles” Boost Search for Treatment to Aid Head and Neck Cancer Patients By Leslie Orr Oct. 25, 2017 A scientific team at the University of Rochester is using innovative technology to discover preventative treatments for salivary gland radiation damage typical for head and neck cancer patients—and ...
Education Health and Technology: Meeting People Where They Are By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 24, 2017 The Center for Health + Technology will tap into new technologies – such as smartphones, wearable sensors, remote monitoring, and virtual house calls – to both improve care and research for patients ...
Patient Care URMC Providers Join Forces for Relief Efforts in Puerto Rico By Karin Gaffney Christensen Oct. 23, 2017 Eleven providers left Oct. 24 for Puerto Rico, deploying as part of a larger Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) team that will spend two weeks on the hurricane-ravaged island that is ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Uses ‘Bionic Eye’ to Restore Some Vision to Blind Syracuse Woman By Leslie White Oct. 23, 2017 A 71-year-old woman blinded by an inherited disease recently thrilled University of Rochester doctors by reaching out and grabbing her ophthalmologist’s hand after receiving a “bionic eye.” The ...
Research FDA Approves Landmark Cancer Therapy; Wilmot Among First to Offer It By Leslie Orr Oct. 20, 2017 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will be among the first sites in the world to offer CAR T-cell therapy —a new type of immunotherapy—to adults with aggressive lymphoma. The engineered gene ...
Education Augmented and Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 19, 2017 Scientists are harnessing a new wave of technologies that will allow them to study, at an unprecedented level, how patients integrate sensory information with balance, motor and muscular activity.
Education Intellectual and Developmental Disorders: Creating a Model System By URochester Medicine Communications Oct. 19, 2017 New center will build upon URMC’s longstanding place as a national hub for the development and application of behavioral interventions for autism spectrum disorder and other childhood ...
