Fruit Flies with High Cholesterol?
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How do fruit flies get high cholesterol and become obese? The same way as people do – by eating a diet that’s too rich in fats.
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U of U Cell Therapy Lab Collaborates with Q Therapeutics on Stem Cell Therapy to Fight Lou Gehrig’s Disease
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With $5 million dollars in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Linda Kelley, Ph.D., director of the University of Utah’s Cell Therapy Facility, James Campanelli, Ph.D., of University of Utah spin-out Q Therapeutics, Inc., and Utah native Nicholas Maragakis, M.D., of The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, have teamed up to bring the cell-based therapy to the point of human clinical trials to treat this deadly disease. The four-year NIH grant will enable critical manufacturing and testing requirements necessary to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for human clinical trials.
Read MoreParks Picked as Research VP
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Neurobiologist Thomas N. Parks – executive
director of the Brain Institute at the University of Utah
and a faculty member for 30 years – has been selected as the university’s vice
president for research six months after he was named to the post on an interim
basis.
Two at U Named “Best of State”
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George White, Jr., director of the Public Health Program in the University of Utah’s School of Medicine and Bryan Eldredge, associate director of the David Eccles School of Business Master’s Program, have been named “Best College/University Teacher” and “Best Administrator” respectively in the 2007 Best of State competition.
Read MoreFrom the Belly of the Beast: Bacteria in Small Sea Life Give Researchers New Way to Make Potential Anticancer Drugs
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Researchers led by a University of Utah medicinal chemist have developed a novel method to make drugs for cancer and other diseases from bacteria found in sponges and other small ocean creatures.
Read MoreSupplemental Radiation Therapy Beneficial for Stage I Endometrial Cancer
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Women with stage I endometrial cancer (with grade 1 and grades 3 and 4 disease) who receive radiation therapy in addition to other treatment have improved survival rates, according to a study in the January 25 issue of JAMA.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Receives $7 Million Gift From Spencer F. and Cleone P. Eccles
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University of Utah President Michael K. Young last night announced a personal gift of $7 million from U alumni Spencer and Cleone Eccles. This gift, committed confidentially last summer, provides major funding for the new, state-of-the-art Health Sciences Education Building for the U’s nationally ranked medical, nursing, pharmacy, and health training programs. The gift was announced by Young at a dinner capping off a week-long celebration on his inauguration as the 14th president of the University of Utah.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah Center on Aging Gets New Name as Its Program Expands
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in five people will be 65 or older by 2030. The University of Utah is gearing up for the inevitable graying of America through a comprehensive, multidisciplinary academic and resource program at its Center on Aging.
Read MoreU of U Undergraduate Research Symposium to Celebrate the Thrill of Discovery
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Slava Lubomudrov, senior associate dean of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Utah, likens the excitement generated by research experiences to “being with Newton when he comprehended gravity-and helping him flesh out that vision.”
Read MoreU of U to Offer September 11th Remembrances
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While University of Utah classes will be in session-just like any other day, this Thursday, the U will offer events to remember the tragedies of Sept. 11th two years ago.
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