Research $3 Million to Fund Research on Powerful HIV Prevention Pill By URMC Communications Nov. 30, 2015 A University of Rochester School of Nursing researcher has been awarded a $3 million grant to study a promising method of preventing the spread of HIV.
Research Study Provides New Insight on Stem Cell Function By URMC Communications Nov. 30, 2015 Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Genetics have unraveled one of the key molecular mechanisms that regulate stem cell behavior, a discovery that could provide important insight into ...
Research City of Rochester Will Light Up Red for World AIDS Day By Susanne Pallo Nov. 30, 2015 Rochester will join cities around the globe when it lights up red on December 1 to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. This is the first year Rochester will participate in this event since the beginning of ...
Research Scientists Searching for a Treatment for Dry Mouth By URMC Communications Nov. 25, 2015 For head and neck cancer patients, a debilitating side effect of radiation therapy is dry mouth, which causes oral infections, cavities, loss of teeth and severely impairs quality of life. Currently, ...
Patient Care Give Bad Breath the Brush-Off By Lori Barrette Nov. 24, 2015 What’s lurking behind that bad breath? And could it be a sign of a bigger health problem? Dental expert Dr. Jack Caton offers facts on the causes of halitosis—the medical name for bad breath—and what ...
Research Hair Strands Might Predict Mercury Toxicity By URMC Communications Nov. 24, 2015 Rochester researchers have discovered a simplified way to measure how fast mercury from fish meals is expelled in humans—by looking at concentrations in hair strands. Preliminary findings show ...
Research A Chat With the Man Who Discovered AIDS By URMC Communications Nov. 20, 2015 A prominent University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry alumnus spoke on Thursday night about his discovery of AIDS in 1981. His tale was followed by a panel discussion about promising ...
Patient Care Quitting Time: Helping a Loved One Stop Smoking By Lori Barrette Nov. 19, 2015 Despite declining tobacco use, 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. still smoke. About one-third of them try to quit each year but only 4 to 7 percent will succeed without help from medications or the people ...
Research Researchers Test a New Way to Protect People from HIV By Emily Boynton Nov. 19, 2015 The University of Rochester Medical Center is testing a new method to prevent HIV that scientists hope will boost the development of an effective vaccine for the virus, which infects approximately 2 ...
Research Study Identifies Patients' Priorities in Treating Rare Muscular Dystrophy By Mark Michaud Nov. 18, 2015 A new study of individuals with myotonic dystrophy type 2 (DM2) – a rare form of muscular dystrophy –has helped pinpoint the symptoms of the disease that are most important to patients. These ...
