Research Heart Drug Effective for Treating Symptom of Muscular Dystrophy By URMC Communications May. 3, 2010 A medication most often used to treat heart arrhythmias also reduces a central symptom of myotonic dystrophy, the most common type of muscular dystrophy in adults. The findings about the medication ...
Research URMC Receives $4.5 Million in NYS Stem Cell Grants By Mark Michaud Mar. 25, 2010 The University of Rochester Medical Center has received a total of $4.5 million in funding from the Empire State Stem Cell Board for research in neurological disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease, ...
Research New Center to Focus on Early Stage Clinical Research By Mark Michaud Mar. 2, 2010 A new initiative at the University of Rochester Medical Center will provide academic and industry researchers the expertise and scientific collaboration necessary to conduct early stage clinical ...
Research Drug Shows Promise for Huntington’s Disease By Mark Michaud Feb. 8, 2010 An early stage clinical trial of the experimental drug dimebon (latrepirdine) in people with Huntington’s disease appears to be safe and may improve cognition. That is the conclusion of a study ...
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 ...
Research Impact of FDA Safety Warnings Examined By Mark Michaud Jan. 11, 2010 A study published today in the Archives of Internal Medicine examines the impact of a safety warning issued by the Food and Drug Administration for commonly prescribed antipsychotic medications. The ...
Research Rochester Neurologist Takes a Lead Role Tackling Charcot-Marie-Tooth By URMC Communications Dec. 30, 2009 Neurologist David Herrmann, MBBCh, associate professor of Neurology and of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, is taking part in a newly funded nationwide ...
Education Rochester Physician Honored for Key Role Educating Nation’s Neurologists By URMC Communications Dec. 28, 2009 A Rochester neurologist who is widely credited with enhancing the education of neurologists nationwide has been honored by the discipline’s largest professional organization.
Research UR Study Reveals Chemo’s Toxicity to Brain, Possible Treatment By Leslie Orr Dec. 16, 2009 Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the ...
Research Squeak, Squeak – Can You Hear Me Now? By URMC Communications Nov. 8, 2009 What do you get when you cross a mouse with poor hearing and a mouse with even worse hearing? Ironically, a new strain of mice with “golden ears” – mice that have outstanding hearing as they age. ...
