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DNA caught rock ‘n rollin’ DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life … ANN ARBOR, Mich.—DNA, that marvelous, twisty molecule of life, has an alter ego, research at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine reveals. On rare occasions, its building blocks “rock and roll,” deforming the familiar double helix into a [...]
Get Moving for a Cause with Cycle for Hope Spinning Event Benefits Golisano Children’s Hospital and Camp Good Days Toss aside the sedentary lifestyle that usually accompanies this season’s arctic temperatures and get those endorphins flowing at the Cycle for Hope spinning fundraiser. The seventh annual indoor exercise event, which runs from 8 a.m. to [...]
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Finding means C. elegans may aid studies of human infections Biologists’ favorite worm gets viruses A workhorse of modern biology is sick, and scientists couldn’t be happier. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Jacques Monod Institute in France and Cambridge University have found that the nematode C. elegans, a millimeter-long [...]
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Study raises Safety Concerns About Experimental Cancer Approach: Widespread Vascular Tumors, Massive Hemorrhage and Death Reported in Mice A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has raised safety concerns about an investigational approach to treating cancer. Washington University in St. Louis … Anti-Notch therapies are being evaluated [...]
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Study: Get Thee to a Stroke Center Hospitals with designated stroke centers are associated with up to 20 percent higher survival rate for patients with ischemic stroke and significantly greater use of acute stroke therapy. That is the conclusion of a study appearing today in the Journal of the American Medical Association which compares treatment [...]
In Defense of Breakfast With research earlier this month inciting a bunch of breakfast debate (you can read about the Nutritionstudy, here, which suggests that no matter how much people consume at breakfast, they go on to gobble the same amount of calories at lunch and dinner), we wanted to sit down with URMC registered dietitian Donna Quinzi [...]
University Taps Senior Fundraiser to Lead Medical Center Advancement Effort Frank Interlichia has been appointed as Senior Associate Vice President for Advancement at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). For an interim period, Frank will also continue as Associate Vice President for University Advancement, overseeing Leadership Gifts, Regional Advancement, University Annual Fund and University [...]
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Many heads better than one in Alzheimer’s diagnosis Panel consensus model connects social sciences and medicine In a marriage of two disciplines that don’t often overlap — politics and medicine — a study by Matthew Gabel, PhD, professor of political science in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, finds that group [...]
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Medical Center Presents Prestigious Annual Awards to Top Staff URMC Board Awards Recognize 6 Individuals, 4 Teams Who Exemplify Excellence Medical Center Presents Prestigious Annual Awards to Top Staff January 24, 2011 Today, during the University of Rochester Medical Center Board’s annual meeting, Board Chair Ron Zarrella presented the 2010 Excellence Awards to some of [...]
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BMCC. And The World Goes Round … Dressed in a fuzzy, thick parka at BMCC’s International Student Orientation, Ukraine native Nadiia Lekhiv, jokes that she’s used to Manhattan’s cold weather. She’s also used to children, and is convinced she’ll adapt just fine to life as a BMCC student. “I’ve been an au pair here in [...]
