People Medical Center Mourns the Loss of Philip P. Bonanni, M.D. By URMC Communications Jun. 11, 2013 Gifted teacher, respected colleague, physician leader, and patient care champion Philip P. Bonanni, M.D., passed away on June 10 after a short illness.
Patient Care When Urgent Care May Be Right for You By Lori Barrette Jun. 10, 2013 There is no substitute for the strong relationship you build over time with your own doctor. But urgent care can serve a purpose when you require treatment for a non-life-threatening condition and ...
Patient Care Wilmot Cancer Center Receives National Recognition for Quality Care to Cancer Patients By URMC Communications Jun. 9, 2013 The James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at the University of Rochester Medical Center has received the 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award by the American College of Surgeons’ Commission on Cancer—a ...
Bird Song Points to Potential New Huntington’s Treatment By URMC Communications Jun. 6, 2013 Mimicking the biology of canaries, researchers have successfully reprogrammed the brain’s native stem cells to create neurons capable of replacing the cells lost in Huntington’s disease. The ...
Research Boxing In Cancer Genes, Boxing Out Disease By URMC Communications Jun. 6, 2013 Scientists believe they’ve figured out a way to suppress the growth of tumors by keeping DNA tightly packaged -- essentially burying some of the genes responsible for cancer. It’s a little like ...
Research Scientists Coax Brain to Regenerate Cells Lost in Huntington’s Disease By Mark Michaud Jun. 6, 2013 Researchers have been able to mobilize the brain’s native stem cells to replenish a type of neuron lost in Huntington’s disease. In the study, which appears today in the journal Cell Stem Cell, the ...
Post Doc’s [Frog] Research Leaps Forward with New Fellowship By URMC Communications Jun. 5, 2013 Leon Grayfer, Ph.D., a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Jacques Robert, Ph. D., received a three-year fellowship from the Life Sciences Research Foundation to study the immune system of the African ...
Research URMC Research Dominates Heart Rhythm Society Meeting By URMC Communications Jun. 5, 2013 With 20-plus abstracts and several prominent lectures and presentations, URMC’s Heart Research Follow-up Program team made their mark at the Heart Rhythm Society’s Annual Scientific Sessions in ...
Research Origins of Esophageal Cancer: Inflammation in the Gut By URMC Communications Jun. 5, 2013 Esophageal cancer is associated with GERD (gastrointestinal reflux disease), obesity, alcohol, and tobacco abuse. But the long march toward malignancy starts 10 to 20 years earlier when the cells, ...
Research Researchers Identify Genetic Signature of Deadly Brain Cancer By Mark Michaud Jun. 3, 2013 A multi-institutional team of researchers have pinpointed the genetic traits of the cells that give rise to gliomas – the most common form of malignant brain cancer. The findings, which appear in the ...
