Research Vaccine Aims to Give the Heaves the Heave-Ho By URMC Communications May. 7, 2012 Rochester scientists are looking for 20 people willing to roll up their sleeves to test a vaccine designed to stop norovirus, the microbe behind most cases of what people commonly call stomach flu. ...
Research New Fund Will Support Early Stage Drug Discovery By Mark Michaud Apr. 9, 2012 A new program, jointly funded by the University of Rochester Medical Center and the Moulder Center for Drug Discovery Research at Temple University, will help researchers identify and test chemical ...
Research Starve a Virus, Feed a Cure? By URMC Communications Feb. 12, 2012 A protein that protects some of our immune cells from the most common and virulent form of HIV works by starving the virus of the molecular building blocks that it needs to replicate, according to ...
Research URMC Lung Research Awarded $4.7M to Establish a Respiratory Pathogens Research Center By URMC Communications Dec. 26, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded a contract from the Federal government to establish a center to study the germs that cause lung disease. The agreement could last ...
Research U.S. Patent Awarded for Rochester’s Pioneering HPV Vaccine Work By URMC Communications Nov. 22, 2011 The University of Rochester has been awarded a U.S. patent for research essential to both human papillomavirus vaccines on the market. The patent is for the creation of virus-like particles that ...
Research Anti-Cancer Vaccine with Rochester Roots Recommended for Boys Too By URMC Communications Oct. 25, 2011 A vaccine created in part by virologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center has been recommended for use by boys as well as girls to prevent certain types of cancer.
Research URMC and Temple University Announce Drug Discovery Partnership By Mark Michaud Aug. 18, 2011 The University of Rochester Medical Center and Temple University School of Pharmacy have announced a partnership that will help translate novel medical research into new drugs for treating diseases.
Education URMC Environmental Services Honored by ARC of Monroe County By Karin Gaffney Christensen Jun. 15, 2011 The Department of Environmental Services was honored with the Business Partnership of the Year Award for its contributions to the lives of people with developmental disabilities.
Education Doctor Who Wrote Syllabus on Cancer in Elderly Shares Personal Side to Data By Leslie Orr Jun. 2, 2011 When John Bennett, M.D., gives the B.J. Kennedy Lecture at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) on June 5th -- titled “Cancer and the Older Patient: Let’s Waltz Together” -- he will ...
Research A ‘Pacman Strategy’ to Boost the Immune System to Fight Cancer By URMC Communications Apr. 11, 2011 A molecule that lies dormant until it encounters a cancer cell, then suddenly activates and rouses the body’s immune system to fight cancer cells directly, marks the latest step in scientists’ ...
