Research Conventional Radiation Therapy May Not Protect Healthy Brain Cells By Mark Michaud May. 18, 2016 A new study shows that repeated radiation therapy used to target tumors in the brain may not be as safe to healthy brain cells as previously assumed. The findings, which appear in the International ...
Patient Care Boy Inspires Others by Overcoming Stroke, Sickle Cell Anemia By URMC Communications May. 16, 2016 From the day he was born, Gary Burks has been coping with the pain and complications that come with sickle cell disease.
Research When the Physical World is Unreliable By Mark Michaud May. 10, 2016 A new study out today in the journal Translational Psychiatry sheds further light on the idea that schizophrenia is a sensory disorder and that individuals with the condition are impaired in their ...
Research Subtle Chemical Changes in Brain Can Alter Sleep-Wake Cycle By Mark Michaud Apr. 28, 2016 A study out today in the journal Science sheds new light on the biological mechanisms that control the sleep-wake cycle. Specifically, it shows that a simple shift in the balance of chemicals found ...
Research “Honeycomb” of Nanotubes Could Boost Genetic Engineering By Mark Michaud Apr. 6, 2016 Researchers have developed a new and highly efficient method for gene transfer. The technique, which involves culturing and transfecting cells with genetic material on an array of carbon nanotubes, ...
Research Parkinson’s App Celebrates Milestone, Featured by Apple By Mark Michaud Mar. 20, 2016 A Parkinson’s iPhone app developed by Sage Bionetworks and University of Rochester Medical Center neurologists marks the first anniversary of its release. The app was also highlighted by Apple today ...
Community UR Medicine's Complex Care Center Forges New Outpatient Model By URMC Communications Mar. 17, 2016 Eastman Institute for Oral Health will be providing dental treatment to adult and pediatric patients and training to the next generation of specialists at UR Medicine's new Complex Care Center, a ...
Patient Care Symposium Will Address Advances and Coordination in Stroke Care By Mark Michaud Mar. 15, 2016 Providers from across the region will gather later this month for UR Medicine’s 5th annual Stroke Treatment Alliance of Rochester – Western New York Stroke Management Symposium. The meeting will ...
Research New Award Will Advance Muscular Dystrophy Research By Mark Michaud Mar. 7, 2016 University of Rochester Medical Center neurologist Charles Thornton, M.D. has received a Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institutes of Health to further his research on ...
Research The Brain’s Gardeners: Immune Cells ‘Prune’ Connections Between Neurons By Mark Michaud Mar. 7, 2016 A new study out today in the journal Nature Communications shows that cells normally associated with protecting the brain from infection and injury also play an important role in rewiring the ...
