Research Community Participation Key to Improving Medical Research By Mark Michaud Mar. 3, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center has launched a new initiative to raise awareness and increase community participation in medical research. The effort, which is being supported by the ...
Research Link Between, Bacteria, Cancer Explored With Funding from American Cancer Society By URMC Communications Mar. 2, 2009 The role of bacteria in the development of colorectal cancer is coming under scrutiny at the University of Rochester Medical Center, thanks to an $840,000 research award from the American Cancer ...
National Associations Honor Rosier for Contribution to Orthopaedics By Germaine Reinhardt Feb. 26, 2009 Two national orthopaedic organizations joined forces earlier this week to honor University of Rochester Medical Center Professor of Orthopaedics Randy Rosier, M.D., Ph.D. for his significant ...
Research Researchers Block Immune Cell Rush Behind Deadly Sepsis By URMC Communications Feb. 23, 2009 Researchers have found a way to block the ability of white blood cells to sprint toward the sites of infection when such speed worsens the damage done by sepsis, the often fatal, whole-body bacterial ...
Patient Care Talk to Focus on Cancer, Aging – and Fruit Flies By URMC Communications Feb. 10, 2009 Dirk Bohmann, Ph.D., asks the biggest of questions using a tiny organism. Bohmann, professor of genetics in the Department of Biomedical Genetics, will speak about his exploits mining fruit flies for ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Stem Cell Scientist Featured in NCI Bulletin By Leslie White Feb. 10, 2009 One of the cancer field’s most respected information sources, the National Cancer Institute Bulletin, recently featured the work of Craig Jordan, Ph.D., a cancer stem cell scientist at the University ...
Research First Genome-Wide Expression Analysis Yields Better Understanding of Leukemia By Leslie Orr Feb. 9, 2009 In a collaborative study published Feb. 9, 2009, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists performed a genome-wide expression analysis comparing highly enriched normal ...
Feb. 16 Session Focuses on Managing Physical, Emotional Health By Leslie White Feb. 8, 2009 Women with metastatic breast cancer can develop techniques for managing their physical and emotional health during a talk from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.
Meditation Talk Offered Feb. 17 at Wilmot Cancer Center By Leslie White Feb. 8, 2009 The healing benefits of meditation will be discussed during a talk from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17, at the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center.
Research $1.9M to Help Explore Why Lupus Therapies Work for Some, Not Others By URMC Communications Feb. 5, 2009 Bolstered by a five-year, $1.9 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health, Jennifer Anolik, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of Medicine and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, ...