Research Rochester Leads International Effort To Improve Muscular Dystrophy Treatment By URMC Communications Sep. 3, 2010 A large international study aimed at improving the care of muscular dystrophy patients worldwide is being launched by physicians, physical therapists, and researchers at the University of Rochester ...
Research Scientists Pinpoint Earliest Steps of Common Form of Muscular Dystrophy By URMC Communications Aug. 19, 2010 Nearly two decades after they identified the specific genetic flaw that causes a common type of muscular dystrophy, scientists believe they have figured out how that flaw brings about the disease. ...
Research Scientists Rate University of Rochester a Best Place To Work By URMC Communications Jun. 29, 2010 The University of Rochester has been ranked one of the top 15 institutions in the nation for scientists to work, according to The Scientist magazine, which has published its annual survey of “Best ...
Research Acupuncture’s Molecular Effects Pinned Down By URMC Communications May. 30, 2010 In a paper published online May 30 in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center identifies the molecule adenosine as a central player in parlaying some of the effects ...
Research Popular Autism Diet Does Not Demonstrate Behavioral Improvement By URMC Communications May. 19, 2010 A popular belief that specific dietary changes can improve the symptoms of children with autism was not supported by a tightly controlled University of Rochester study, which found that eliminating ...
Research URMC Named Batten Disease Center of Excellence By URMC Communications May. 11, 2010 The Batten Disease Support and Research Association named the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) a Batten Disease Center of Excellence today because of its comprehensive services for ...
Community Inaugural Community Health Improvement Awards Announced By Mark Michaud Mar. 23, 2010 The recipients of the Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Awards were announced last night during a ceremony at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The inaugural awards recognized ...
Research Rochester-Led Study Leads to Recommendation for Use of Heart Failure Treatment Nationwide By Emily Boynton Mar. 18, 2010 A new therapy that reduces the risk of mortality and heart failure in patients with mild cardiac disease received a thumb’s up this week from an advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug ...
Research Students Take Center Stage at National Cardiology Conference By URMC Communications Mar. 11, 2010 More than a dozen Rochester physicians, students and scientists are heading to Atlanta this weekend for the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology. It’s one of the premier meetings of ...
Research New Multiple Sclerosis Drug has URMC Ties By Mark Michaud Jan. 22, 2010 The Food and Drug Administration has approved the drug fampridine-SR for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have been evaluating the ...
