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The founding director of the Center for RNA Biology at the University of Rochester received the award for her discovery of nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in humans.

UR Medicine opens the region's first ambulatory surgery center dedicated to orthopaedic procedures, part of a multi-year, $227 million project to build one of the nation's largest campuses for ...

The most common cause of hearing loss is progressive because these hair cells—the primary cells to detect sound waves—cannot regenerate if damaged or lost. Researchers at the Del Monte Institute for ...

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 ...

Every time a child receives a surgical Gastrostomy Tube (GT), families and caregivers face a huge level of responsibility and added stress. Children with GTs face a high risk of re-infection and ...

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 ...

Genetic model organisms are truly invaluable to the field of neuroscience. Many of the discoveries made using C. elegans and Drosophila apply throughout the animal kingdom, and this research has led ...

Johanna Fritzinger is a fourth-year Neuroscience graduate student at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Fritzinger graduated from Case Western Reserve University with a BS in Electrical ...

Peter Shrager, PhD, is a professor of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology & Physiology at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). In 1971, Shrager came to URMC to work in what was then the ...

Anna Weiss, MD, recently joined Wilmot Cancer Institute as a breast cancer surgeon and director of the Breast Cancer Service Line. A Syracuse native, she shares her vision for Wilmot's Breast Care ...