Research Study Reveals Current Multi-Component Vaccines May Need Reworking By URMC Communications May. 6, 2009 Current strategies for designing vaccines against HIV and cancers, for instance, may enable some components in multi-component vaccines to cancel the effect of others on the immune system, ...
Research Brain Protein Central to Both Parkinson’s, Drug Addiction Identified By URMC Communications Apr. 29, 2009 Scientists have identified a protein that appears not only to be central to the process that causes Parkinson’s disease but could also play a role in muting the high from methamphetamine and other ...
Community 3 Events Offer Hope for People with Brain Tumors By Leslie White Apr. 15, 2009 People with brain tumors, and those who love and care for them, will observe Brain Tumor Awareness Week with three educational and celebratory events sponsored by the University of Rochester Medical ...
Research Blood Test for Brain Injuries Gains Momentum By Leslie Orr Mar. 30, 2009 A blood test that can help predict the seriousness of a head injury and detect the status of the blood-brain barrier is a step closer to reality, according to two recently published studies involving ...
Research Study Assesses Relief Options Against Shingles Pain By URMC Communications Mar. 24, 2009 The painkiller oxycodone is effective at treating the acute pain of shingles, an illness that often causes severe pain which can become long-lasting and sometimes even permanent.
Research Drug Improves Mobility for Some MS Patients By Mark Michaud Feb. 26, 2009 The experimental drug fampridine (4-aminopyridine) improves walking ability in some individuals with multiple sclerosis. That is the conclusion of a multi-center Phase 3 clinical trial, the results ...
Research Scientists Discover Why Teeth Form in a Single Row By URMC Communications Feb. 25, 2009 A system of opposing genetic forces determines why mammals develop a single row of teeth, while sharks sport several, according to a study published today in the journal Science. When completely ...
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, ...
Patient Care URMC Welcomes New Chief of Hematology/Oncology By Leslie White Jan. 4, 2009 Innovative and respected hematologist Jonathan Friedberg, M.D., has been appointed chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology of the Department of Medicine and the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at ...
Patient Care Tingling Hands, Burning Feet? Rochester Neurologist an Expert in Tracking Down Neuropathy By URMC Communications Jan. 4, 2009 Hands that feel like they’re burning; feet that make it feel like you’re walking on pins and needles; numbness that spreads gradually up the limbs. These are among the most vexing of symptoms for ...
