Combining Pregnancy and Dental Check Ups
Thanks to a University of Rochester Medical Center grant, Eastman Institute for Oral Health Associate Professor Jin Xiao, DDS, PhD, will use artificial intelligence and digital technology to help ...
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Hereditary Breast Cancer Created a Mother-Daughter “Unbreakable Bond”
Melissa Selner, 38, and her mother, Alice Pena, 71, practically finish each other’s sentences and have been close throughout life. During the last two years, they added breast cancer to their shared ...
Goodwill Vision Enterprises, UR Medicine Team Up to Expand Eye Care
Goodwill of the Finger Lakes and UR Medicine Flaum Eye Institute – two leaders in vision care for the Finger Lakes region – are collaborating to improve access to best-in-class vision care in the ...
Scanning for the Best Results: Pediatric Trauma Team Helps Reduce Radiation Exposure in Children
Every time a child gets a CT scan they are exposed to radiation that creates a 1-in-1,000 risk of developing a fatal tumor later in life. The Golisano Children's Hospital trauma team worked to adapt ...
Paula Vertino Takes the Reins as Leader of Basic Science at SMD
An accomplished cancer research scientist and leader at the Wilmot Cancer Institute, Vertino has been appointed senior associate dean for Basic Research effective Feb. 1, 2023.
NINDS Delegation Tours Neurology Research and Education Programs in Zambia
U.S. and Zambian researchers and clinicians have building a decades-long partnership to address he neurological burden of diseases like cerebral malaria, HIV, and stroke in Sub-Saharan Africa.
UR Medicine Launches Tuition-Free Nursing Education Program
To combat the region’s nursing shortage and improve access to health care careers, the UR Nursing Scholars Program will provide a tuition-free nursing education in exchange for a three-year work ...
Newly Discovered Anatomy Shields and Monitors Brain
The previously unknown component of brain anatomy, described in the journal Science, acts as both a protective barrier and platform from which immune cells scan the brain for infection and ...
Solar Panels for Cells: Light-Activated Proton Pumps Generate Cellular Energy, Extend Life
A team of U.S. and German researchers engineered mitochondria that can covert light energy to chemical energy, power cellular functions, and extend life in the roundworm C. elegans. The findings ...
Black Patients Less Likely to Get Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, More Likely to Die
Minimally invasive heart surgeries carry less risk and have shorter recovery times, but a new study led by URMC researchers shows that Black patients have less access to these procedures and are more ...