They have found the genes for some of the deadliest diseases known -breast, prostate, and colon cancer, melanoma, cystic fibrosis and Huntington disease, to name just a few, and cracked the code for the human genome. Even the genes that make us old have come under their scrutiny.
Read MoreJohn W. Mauger, Ph.D., has been elected chairman of the 2005 – 2010 board of trustees at the recently concluded U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Convention in Washington, D.C. Dr. Mauger is dean of the College of Pharmacy and professor in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the University of Utah.
Read MoreIn a pair of new studies, University of Utah scientists took early but significant steps to fight a particularly deadly childhood muscle cancer by identifying some of the genetic events that cause the disease and then engineering mice that develop the tumors. The genetic events might be targets for new drugs that could be tested on the mice.
Read MoreUsing chicken embryos and colorful fluorescent dyes, University of Utah scientists have demonstrated for the first time in a higher animal that it is possible to simultaneously show three genes working within an embryo, body tissue or even a single cell.
Read MorePrevious estimates of the amount of neutron dose received by Hiroshima atomic-bomb survivors are essentially accurate and the existing standards for estimating risk for radiation-induced cancer need not be changed, according to a study published in the July 31 issue of Nature.
Read MoreThe University of Utah Presidential Commission on the Status of Women and the Women’s Week celebration committee announced today that Susan Olson, associate vice president for faculty and professor in political science at the University of Utah, has been named as the recipient of the 2011 Linda K. Amos Award for Distinguished Service to Women. The award recognizes a female staff or faculty member who has selflessly given time and energy to improve the educational and/or working environment for women at the university.
Read MoreAt first glance, clinician-researcher Christopher Peters, M.D., and fundraising professional Arthur Swindle don’t appear to have much in common. But looks can be deceiving. Admiration and appreciation for the talents and dedication of both have fostered a $1 million grant from the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation to the University of Utah’s Department of Orthopaedics. The gift, announced today, creates a prestigious endowed chair to provide perpetual support for innovation among the U’s top Orthopaedics faculty.
Read MoreUniversity of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome in some of the most vulnerable patients – infants 6 months and younger.
Read MoreNow that the Sugar Bowl game is over, and the underdog University of Utah Utes bit back and won, you might be wondering what else has been kept secret – or more likely just overlooked in favor of BCS schools – on this campus of 28,000 students hugging the foothills of the Wasatch Range in Salt Lake City.
Read MoreTwo major eye diseases and leading causes of blindness-age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy-can be treated in mice by drugs that activate a protein found in blood vessel cells, researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine and several other institutions have announced in a new study.
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