Research Hayes to Head Biochemistry and Biophysics at URMC By Emily Boynton Aug. 21, 2013 Jeffrey J. Hayes, Ph.D., has been selected as chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester Medical Center. A faculty member for nearly two decades and the ...
Research Copper Identified as Culprit in Alzheimer’s Disease By Mark Michaud Aug. 19, 2013 Copper appears to be one of the main environmental factors that trigger the onset and enhance the progression of Alzheimer’s disease by preventing the clearance and accelerating the accumulation of ...
Research Kieburtz Appointed to Oversee URMC Clinical Research By Mark Michaud Aug. 8, 2013 Karl Kieburtz, M.D., M.P.H. has been tapped to serve as director of the University of Rochester Medical Center Clinical and Translational Science Institute and to serve as the senior associate dean ...
Research New Neurology Appointments to Focus on Expanding Access at Home and Abroad By Mark Michaud Aug. 1, 2013 Gretchen Birbeck, M.D., M.P.H., and E. Ray Dorsey, M.D., M.B.A., have joined the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Neurology effective August 1. Birbeck, an epilepsy specialist, ...
Research Holloway Appointed New Chair of Neurology By Mark Michaud Jul. 24, 2013 Robert G. Holloway, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. has been tapped as the next chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Neurology. Holloway had been serving as interim chair of the ...
Research Brain’s ‘Garbage Truck’ May Hold Key to Treating Alzheimer’s and Other Disorders By Mark Michaud Jun. 27, 2013 In a perspective piece appearing today in the journal Science, researchers at University of Rochester Medical Center point to a newly discovered system by which the brain removes waste as a ...
Research Unraveling the Mysteries of the Blood-Brain Barrier By URochester Medicine Communications Jun. 13, 2013 The biological phenomenon known as the blood-brain barrier was first observed by German scientist Paul Ehrlich in the late 1980s. Since that time, the mechanisms by which the brain secures itself ...
Research Scientists Coax Brain to Regenerate Cells Lost in Huntington’s Disease By Mark Michaud Jun. 6, 2013 Researchers have been able to mobilize the brain’s native stem cells to replenish a type of neuron lost in Huntington’s disease. In the study, which appears today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the ...
Research Researchers Identify Genetic Signature of Deadly Brain Cancer By Mark Michaud Jun. 3, 2013 A multi-institutional team of researchers have pinpointed the genetic traits of the cells that give rise to gliomas – the most common form of malignant brain cancer. The findings, which appear in the ...
Patient Care URMC Honored for Stroke, Cardiac Programs By Mark Michaud May. 28, 2013 The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again recognized the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Strong Memorial Hospital as having met its highest standards of care ...
