Research Study: Model for Brain Signaling Flawed By Mark Michaud Jan. 10, 2013 A new study out today in the journal Science turns two decades of understanding about how brain cells communicate on its head. The study demonstrates that the tripartite synapse – a model long ...
Research Parents Create “Crosby’s Fund” to Finance Cancer Research in Son’s Honor By Rebecca Youmell Jan. 8, 2013 After losing their son to cancer, Kevin and Zoe Wilmot founded Crosby's Fund, a philanthropic initiative focused on funding neuroblastoma research.
Research Prenatal Exposure to Fish Beneficial to Child Development By URMC Communications Jan. 3, 2013 A study published recently in the Journal of Nutrition adds to the growing scientific evidence that when expecting mothers eat fish often, they are giving their future children a boost in brain ...
Research Researchers Zero In on Cognitive Difficulties Associated with Menopause By Mark Michaud Jan. 3, 2013 The memory problems that many women experience in their 40s and 50s as they approach and go through menopause are both real and appear to be most acute during the early period of post menopause. That ...
Research Houston, We Have Another Problem By Mark Michaud Dec. 31, 2012 As if space travel was not already filled with enough dangers, a new study out today in the journal PLOS ONE shows that cosmic radiation – which would bombard astronauts on deep space missions to ...
Research New Facility Will Bridge Research and Stem Cell Therapies By Mark Michaud Dec. 11, 2012 The University of Rochester Medical Center has opened the doors on a new facility that will enable researchers to create, study, and ultimately use stem cells and their offspring in early-phase ...
Research New Study Pinpoints Genetic Source of Rare Form of Muscular Dystrophy By Mark Michaud Nov. 12, 2012 A new study appearing today in the journal Nature Genetics by an international team of researchers has solved the complex genetic mystery behind a form of muscular dystrophy. The scientists have ...
Research Scientists Create “Endless Supply” of Myelin-Forming Cells By Mark Michaud Nov. 1, 2012 In a new study appearing this month in the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers have unlocked the complex cellular mechanics that instruct specific brain cells to continue to divide. This discovery ...
Research Researchers at the Doorstep of Stem Cell Therapies for MS, Other Myelin Disorders By Mark Michaud Oct. 25, 2012 In a review article appearing today in the journal Science, University of Rochester Medical Center scientists Steve Goldman, M.D., Ph.D., Maiken Nedergaard, Ph.D., and Martha Windrem, Ph.D., contend ...
Research Safety Harnesses Key to Prevent Falls while Deer Hunting By Leslie White Oct. 16, 2012 Tree stands give hunters a bird’s-eye view of wild game, but some hunters continue to suffer serious injuries after failing to wear a safety harness, according to doctors at University of Rochester ...
