Research URMC receives $3M to advance research on ARDS, gene therapy By URMC Communications May. 23, 2016 David Dean, Ph.D., professor of Pediatrics and Neonatology at the University of Rochester Medical Center, has received a $3 million grant to explore a novel method of gene therapy delivery that could ...
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, ...
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 ...
Research Scientists Discover Stem Cells Capable of Repairing Skull, Face Bones By Leslie Orr Feb. 1, 2016 A team of Rochester scientists has, for the first time, identified and isolated a stem cell population capable of skull formation and craniofacial bone repair in mice—achieving an important step ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute’s Research Director Wins $6.3M Outstanding Investigator Award By Leslie Orr Sep. 17, 2015 Hartmut “Hucky” Land, Ph.D., the Robert and Dorothy Markin Professor of Biomedical Genetics at the University of Rochester, received a newly established multimillion dollar award from the National ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute Joins OmniSeq Genomic Network By Leslie Orr Aug. 3, 2015 UR Medicine’s Wilmot Cancer Institute is joining the OmniSeq Genomic Network, an organization of institutions being formed to help define the future of advanced genomic diagnostics for cancer. ...
Research Flaum Eye Institute Scientist Gets Funding to Study Vision Loss in Batten Disease By Leslie White Jul. 2, 2015 University of Rochester Medical Center scientist Ruchira Singh, Ph.D., received a grant from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation to investigate how neurodegenerative diseases, such as juvenile Batten ...
Research Improving Antioxidant Therapy: Using Light to Separate the Good from the Bad By Emily Boynton May. 18, 2015 We all know that antioxidants are good for us. So why have so many antioxidant-based therapies failed in clinical trials? A $1.7 million NIH grant to a junior investigator at the School of Medicine ...
Research Blocking Cellular Quality Control Mechanism Gives Cancer Chemotherapy a Boost By Emily Boynton Mar. 26, 2015 A University of Rochester team found a way to make chemotherapy more effective against breast cancer cells, by stopping a cellular quality-control mechanism.
Research Maquat Receives Canada’s Top Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research By Emily Boynton Mar. 25, 2015 Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D. received the 2015 Gairdner International Award, Canada’s foremost international award that recognizes the achievement of medical researchers whose work contributes ...
