Research New Grants will Accelerate Clinical Trials in Rare Neurological Disorders By Mark Michaud Jun. 26, 2019 Two new grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) will pave the way for new treatments for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses and Charcot Marie Tooth diseases, two ...
Patient Care Golisano Children’s Hospital Recognized by U.S. News and World Report By Jessica O'Leary Jun. 18, 2019 UR Medicine’s Golisano Children’s Hospital has been recognized as one of the nation’s best children’s hospitals in two specialty areas in the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Children’s Hospital ...
Patient Care UR Medicine Cuts Ribbon for New Central Laboratory By Bethany Bushen Jun. 17, 2019 As part of a large-scale laboratory relocation and consolidation project, UR Medicine cut the ribbon on a newly expanded and renovated building at 211 Bailey Road in West Henrietta that will serve as ...
Research Prostate Cancer Researchers Find Molecular “Switch” to Prolong Survival By Leslie Orr Jun. 12, 2019 Wilmot Cancer Institute scientists believe they have figured out why a commonly used drug to treat late-stage prostate cancer stops working after four or five months and appears to have a dual ...
Research New Funding Boosts URMC Biotech Start-Up for Neurological Disorders By Mark Michaud Jun. 10, 2019 Oscine Therapeutics, a new biotechnology company based on discoveries made and developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center has received a significant multi-year investment to support both ...
Patient Care Registration Opens for Seventh Annual Wilmot Warrior Walk By Ruth Harper-Rhode Jun. 6, 2019 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute will host its seventh annual Wilmot Warrior Walk on Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Highland Park Bowl in Rochester. Registration is now open for the annual event that ...
People Fogarty Selected to Chair University of Rochester Medical Center Department of Family Medicine By Lori Barrette Jun. 6, 2019 Colleen T. Fogarty, M.D., M.Sc., FAAFP, has been selected as William Rocktaschel Professor and Chair of the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Department of Family Medicine, pending approval by ...
Patient Care New Gene Therapy Poised to Transform Care for Spinal Muscular Atrophy By Mark Michaud Jun. 5, 2019 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been tapped as one of the first institutions in the U.S. to offer a new gene replacement therapy to treat spinal muscular atrophy. The new treatment, ...
Patient Care A Survivor’s Perspective: Takeaways from Wilmot’s 2019 Survivorship Symposium By URMC Communications Jun. 5, 2019 By Kate Rowe VanderBrook, Kidney Cancer Survivor
