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The Immunology, Inflammation and Infectious Disease Initiative (3i) at the University of Utah Health has awarded seed grants to eight collaborative research projects.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (the university) was recently awarded a prestigious team science grant through the National Cancer Institute’s...

A dataset of more than 100,000 individuals allows researchers to identify genetic regions that are intolerant to change and may underlie developmental disorders.

The Center for Genomic Innovation and the College of Pharmacy announce the 2018 recipients of Catalyst Grants to study disease mechanisms and validate new therapeutic targets to treat many diseases...

Researchers at University of Utah Health identified four gene changes that occur more frequently in people who died by suicide that may point to increased risk in vulnerable individuals.

Researchers identify a genetic mutation that sets the heart racing, producing an irregular heartbeat that can lead to heart failure.

While atrial fibrillation is more common in older adults, it is highly unusual in a young person. At only 22 years old, Martha Aston was an anomaly.

Have you ever given a blood sample for a research study and a few months later wondered, “what happened to that study?” A panel convened by the National Academies of...

The auditorium on the first floor of the institute, a place where scientists, researchers and health professionals can gather together, will now be known as the Gesteland-White auditorium.

Penelope program helps patients through their journey of living with undiagnosed diseases.

The UGP initiated a seed grant program to fund projects that span an array of topics, from osteoarthritis to familial suicide risk.

The UGP and its MOAB instituted the Functional Analysis Pilot Grants to translate genome sequencing results.

Three research groups at University of Utah Health are collaborating with Janssen Research & Development, LLC (“Janssen”) to advance the study of colorectal cancer, diabetic kidney disease, and juvenile idiopathic...

Personalized medicine promises to deliver the right treatment to the right patient at the right price.

Corrine Welt coordinated with her colleagues in Saudi Arabia to use a new database being assembled in Saudi Arabia to help identify genetic underpinnings of Primary Ovarian Insufficiency affection all...

At the "Genetics of Storytelling" panel at the Sundance Film festival in Park City, Utah, a collection of artists and scientists, the panel discussed telling the narrative that lives within...

Scientists at University of Utah Health developed a new search engine to overcome these obstacles that may accelerate the application of personalized medicine.