Patient Care University of Rochester Establishing Center for Bioethics By URMC Communications Jan. 12, 2015 University of Rochester alumnus Paul M. Schyve, M.D., has committed $5 million to the University to support the study and practice of bioethics in health care and research.
Research Decoding Fat Cells: Discovery May Explain Why We Gain Weight By Leslie Orr Dec. 10, 2014 University of Rochester researchers believe they’re on track to solve the mystery of weight gain – and it has nothing to do with indulging in holiday eggnog.
Research Are Male Brains Wired to Ignore Food for Sex? By Mark Michaud Oct. 16, 2014 Choosing between two good things can be tough. When animals must decide between feeding and mating, it can get even trickier. In a discovery that might ring true even for some humans, researchers ...
Research $4M NIH Grant Supports UR Research to Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death By Leslie White Aug. 12, 2014 Cardiology researchers from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry received $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the genetic mechanisms and ...
Research Wilmot Cancer Institute Scientists Receive $2M Award from NCI By Leslie Orr Jun. 24, 2014 The National Cancer Institute awarded more than $2 million to a team at the Wilmot Cancer Institute to continue its study of a gene network that controls cancer progression, with a focus on ...
Research Nobel Laureate Visits Rochester for Genetics Day 2014 By URMC Communications Jun. 12, 2014 The 26th Annual Genetics Day 2014, held recently at the university campus had an extra special keynote lecture by one of the latest Nobel Laureates. Additionally, there were research talks by faculty ...
Research Gene Discovery Links Cancer Cell ‘Recycling’ System to Potential New Therapy By Leslie Orr May. 1, 2014 University of Rochester scientists have discovered a gene with a critical link to pancreatic cancer, and further investigation in mice shows that by blocking the gene’s most important function, ...
Research Scientist Lynne E. Maquat Named 2014 Athena Award Winner By Emily Boynton Jan. 15, 2014 Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was named ...
Education Nobel Laureate Speaking at School of Medicine & Dentistry By URMC Communications Jan. 5, 2014 The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is welcoming Nobel Laureate Thomas R. Cech, Ph.D. this month. Cech will deliver two talks in conjunction with the school’s third annual ...
Research Fred Sherman, Major Contributor to Modern Genetics, Dies By Emily Boynton Sep. 18, 2013 Fred Sherman, Ph.D., an internationally recognized scientist and a faculty member at the University of Rochester Medical Center since 1962, died on September 16 at the age of 81. Sherman, who served ...
