Research Eighty Healthy People Needed for H1N1 Flu Vaccine Studies By URMC Communications Nov. 25, 2009 Scientists are looking for 80 healthy people in the Rochester area to take part in studies of the same H1N1 vaccine that is currently being administered mainly to people at high risk and to health ...
Community Community Groups Join Together to Boost HIV Awareness By URMC Communications Oct. 21, 2009 The MOCHA Center and the Rochester Victory Alliance (formerly the University of Rochester HIV Vaccine Trials Unit) are the lead organizers with more than a dozen community-based organizations that ...
Research Experimental Approach May Reverse Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoporosis By URMC Communications Sep. 21, 2009 Researchers have identified a mechanism that may keep a well known signaling molecule from eroding bone and inflaming joints, according to an early study published online today in the Journal of ...
Research Enzyme Family Key to Future Treatments of High Cholesterol By URMC Communications Jun. 28, 2009 A research team at the University of Rochester Medical Center has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to develop a new way to deliver proteins into human tissues, with a first ...
Research Some Eczema Sufferers More Prone to Smallpox and Other Viruses By URMC Communications Jun. 26, 2009 New research sheds light onto which eczema patients might be most at risk for complications from a smallpox vaccine.
Research Computer Simulation Captures Immune Response to Flu By URMC Communications May. 17, 2009 Researchers have successfully tested for the first time a computer simulation of major portions of the body’s immune reaction to influenza type A, with implications for treatment design and ...
Research Autoimmunity Center of Excellence Recharged with New Funding By URMC Communications May. 10, 2009 The University of Rochester Medical Center is one of only nine institutions nationwide to receive a new wave of National Institutes of Health dollars designed to help unravel – and design treatments ...
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 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 ...
Research A Worm-and-Mouse Tale: B Cells Deserve More Respect By URMC Communications Feb. 25, 2009 By studying how mice fight off infection by intestinal worms – a condition that affects more than 2 billion people worldwide – scientists have discovered that the immune system is more versatile than ...
