Research Animal Study Shows Human Brain Cells Repair Damage in Multiple Sclerosis By URMC Communications May. 19, 2020 A new study shows that when specific human brain cells are transplanted into animal models of multiple sclerosis and other white matter diseases, the cells repair damage and restore function. The ...
Research URMC researcher finds way to measure the risk of chronic pain before it is felt By Kelsie Smith Hayduk May. 19, 2020 The size of a small area of the brain – mostly known for its role in decision-making – is giving scientists insight into risk for chronic pain.
Research Social distancing has stabilized, but failed to reverse, the spread of COVID-19 By URMC Communications May. 12, 2020 As policymakers try to restart the economy but also control COVID-19, data scientists at Cornell University and the University of Rochester are studying the impacts of social distancing. While ...
Patient Care A Mother-Daughter Gift: Nursing Creates Special Bond By Ruth Harper-Rhode May. 10, 2020 Colleen Bayer was born while her mother, Kathryn Lechner, completed nursing school. Perhaps it’s serendipitous that years later, as Bayer decided her own path, she turned to nursing.
Patient Care Cancer, COVID and a Loss of Control: Advice for Coping By URMC Communications May. 8, 2020 You have cancer. For many, hearing those words represents feeling a total loss of control.The COVID-19 pandemic is giving all of us a glimpse of what a cancer diagnosis can feel like when the disease ...
Community Staff Furloughs at the University of Rochester Medical Center By URMC Communications May. 8, 2020 Background: The Financial Challenge Created by COVID-19On April 15, URMC leadership notified faculty and staff that the institution was facing a $500 million budget gap in the fiscal year ending ...
Patient Care Eastman Institute for Oral Health Leads Global Discussion on COVID 19 May 12 By URMC Communications May. 6, 2020 Eastman Institute for Oral Health is bringing together experts from five different countries in real time, who will share their unique COVID 19 experiences, along with panel discussions about the ...
Research URMC, RRH Collaborating to Test Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine By Mark Michaud May. 5, 2020 The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester Regional Health (RRH) are investigating a new potential coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. “COVID-19 is a highly ...
Patient Care Intubation Box Provides Extra Protection for Caregivers Fighting the Pandemic By Bob Marcotte May. 1, 2020 Timothy O’Connor and Amy Niertit (Emergency Medicine) demonstrates use of an intubation box created by engineers at the University of Rochester as a safeguard for treating COVID-19 patients. ...
Research Coronavirus Research Focuses on RNA as Key to Developing New Treatments By URMC Communications Apr. 30, 2020 Binding of the coronavirus spike protein (red) to an ACE2 receptor (blue) on a human cell leads to the penetration of the virus in the cell.Viruses like the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 are ...
