Research Frequent COVID Testing of Nursing Home Staff Protected Residents, Saved Lives By Mark Michaud Mar. 22, 2023 A new study in NEJM shows that nursing homes that conducted staff surveillance testing more regularly experienced significantly lower rates of COVID infections and deaths.
Research PFAS: What You Need to Know By Kelly Webster Mar. 21, 2023 PFAS are potentially harmful chemicals found in common, everyday products and drinking water. Researchers at URMC study the impacts PFAS have on our health and share what they know.
Research Common Dry Cleaning Chemical Linked to Parkinson’s Disease By Mark Michaud Mar. 14, 2023 An international team of neurologists makes the case that the chemical trichloroethylene (TCE), a common pollutant found in contaminated sites, is driving the global growth in Parkinson’s.
Education Dr. John Vorrasi Named Chair, EIOH Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery By Karen Black Mar. 9, 2023 John S. Vorrasi, DDS, has been named chair, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Eastman Institute for Oral Health. The associate professor also serves as the department’s program director for ...
Research Study: Scientists Harness Power, Precision of RNA to Make Mutations Invisible By Emily Boynton Mar. 6, 2023 Researchers in the UR Center for RNA Biology discovered a new way to suppress mutations that lead to a wide range of genetic disorders, such as cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy and many forms of ...
Research Iron & the brain: Where and when neurodevelopmental disabilities may begin during pregnancy By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Mar. 6, 2023 The cells that make up the human brain begin developing long before the physical shape of the brain has formed. This early organizing of a network of cells plays a major role in brain health ...
Research Through the eye of the beholder: People with autism may process illusory shapes differently By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 28, 2023 Researchers are finding the process in our brain that allows us to see these visual distinctions may not be happening the same way in the brains of children with autism spectrum disorder. They may be ...
Research More Proof that Too Many Medications Leads to Adversity for Older Cancer Patients By Leslie Orr Feb. 27, 2023 Polypharmacy is a buzz word for the use of multiple medications. A Wilmot Cancer Institute study shows it can have serious consequences for older adults with cancer.
Research Small, involuntary eye movements help us see a stable world By Kelsie Smith Hayduk Feb. 24, 2023 Involuntary, fixational eye movements play a bigger role in vision than researchers previously thought.
Research RNA Biologist Lynne Maquat Awarded 2023 Gruber Genetics Prize By Emily Boynton Feb. 23, 2023 The founding director of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester received the award for her discovery of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in humans.
