Patient Care ‘Bionic Eye’ Helps Wyoming County Man See His Bride Again By Leslie White Jun. 11, 2018 “Oh my goodness – do you see that?” It was the wave of a hand, but William Heidt was in tears. For the first time in more than 15 years, the Wyoming County man saw something, thanks to a “bionic eye” ...
Research Practice Makes Perfect -- Fake Organs Guide the Way for 'Impossible' Cancer Surgery By Mark Michaud Jun. 5, 2018 URMC urologist Ahmed Ghazi, M.D., builds exact replicas of patients' organs – complete with their specific tumors – to practice complex, time-sensitive surgery long before the patient is in the ...
Research American Society of Clinical Oncology Honors Wilmot Physician with National Award By Leslie Orr May. 22, 2018 Supriya G. Mohile, M.D., M.S., an oncologist at the Wilmot Cancer Institute and trailblazer in the growing field of geriatric oncology, has been named the 2018 winner of the B.J. Kennedy Award by the ...
Patient Care YMCA of Greater Rochester, UR Medicine Announce Exclusive Collaboration By Karin Gaffney Christensen May. 15, 2018 Area residents will have greater access to UR Medicine wellness programs and clinical services at 17 YMCA of Greater Rochester locations, under terms of a collaboration agreement announced today.
Community Bike to Work Week is Coming: Here's Everything You Need to Know By Leslie White May. 11, 2018 Ever thought about incorporating a bike into your daily commute? May is Bike Month. We talked to some of our very own seasoned commuter cyclists, and learned there’s a lot more to pedaling than meets ...
Education Part IV: Preparing the Next Wave By URMC Communications May. 8, 2018 As years of dedication to her research is catapulting RNA biologist Lynne Maquat into the scientific spotlight, she remains intently focused on training and encouraging the next wave of scientists to ...
Education Part III: The Power and Promise of RNA By URMC Communications May. 5, 2018 RNA presents an entirely new pool of drugs targets and provides an opening to correct diseases that don’t respond to conventional drugs. Lynne Maquat is working to gain a deeper understanding of RNA ...
Education Part II: Making Sense of Nonsense By URMC Communications May. 3, 2018 As in most areas of life, mistakes in cells happen all the time. Luckily, the human body has built-in systems to eliminate potentially harmful slip-ups. Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) is one of ...
Research Fracking the Immune System By Susanne Pallo Apr. 30, 2018 Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are the first to report links between early life exposure to chemicals in ground water near fracking sites and immune system imbalances in ...
Patient Care NCI Awards Omar Aljitawi, M.D., $1M to Study Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Cancer By Leslie Orr Apr. 24, 2018 Thanks to a $1 million National Cancer Institute grant, a Wilmot Cancer institute hematologist and oncologist is launching a clinical trial using hyperbaric oxygen therapy to improve the recovery of ...
