Research Study reveals potential target for drug development for better control of dental pain By URMC Communications May. 28, 2017 A recent study from UR Medicine’s Eastman Institute for Oral Health published in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) is challenging a longstanding hydrodynamic theory that states environment ...
Research Study: A New Way to Slow Cancer Cell Growth By Emily Boynton May. 25, 2017 By removing a specific protein from cells, researchers were able to slow cell growth and division, which is out of control in cancer.
Patient Care UR Medicine’s Flaum Eye Institute First in Region to Offer Procedure for Near Vision Loss By Leslie White May. 24, 2017 Flaum Eye Institute’s Scott MacRae, M.D., an international leader in LASIK vision correction, is the first in the Finger Lakes region to provide the Raindrop Near Vision Inlay, which treats ...
Research Musculoskeletal Researchers Engage Local Under-Represented Students in Science By URMC Communications May. 24, 2017 Students and faculty in the Center for Musculoskeletal Research at URMC have been teaching, and learning from, under-represented and economically disadvantaged teens in Rochester. Their new science ...
Patient Care Gene Study Points Researchers toward New Pathway for Leukemia By Lydia Fernandez May. 18, 2017 Leukemia is one of the hardest cancers to treat, but scientists have discovered a new, targetable pathway in one of the worst subtypes of the disease.
Research Scientists Light the Way for Immune System to Attack Cancer By Leslie Orr May. 15, 2017 The science behind harnessing the immune system to fight cancer is complicated, but a University of Rochester Medical Center laboratory discovered a simple, practical way to use light and optics to ...
Research Arthur Moss Receives Heart Rhythm Society’s Pioneer in Cardiac Pacing and EP Award By Emily Boynton May. 12, 2017 Arthur J. Moss, M.D., received the award for his dedication to understanding and treating electrical disturbances of the heart, including cardiac arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death, heart failure and ...
Dr. Chochlidakis Awarded for Research By URMC Communications May. 9, 2017 Dr. Chochlidakis, assistant professor at Eastman Institute for Oral Health Prosthodontics Department, was awarded the Glen P. McGivney Scientific Writing Award for Systematic Review.
Patient Care Ronald Epstein Honored for Humanism in Medicine By Leslie Orr May. 3, 2017 The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) is honoring Ronald Epstein, M.D., with the 2017 STFM Gold Humanism Award. The award recognizes an STFM member each spring for attributes of humanism ...
Patient Care Kessler Trauma Center Earns National Re-Verification as Level I Center By Christine Roth Apr. 26, 2017 Strong Memorial Hospital’s Kessler Trauma Center has earned re-verification as a Level I Trauma Center from the American College of Surgeons (ACS), signifying that its people, technology and ...
