The protein appears to cause liver damage by triggering an out-of-place immune response. Blocking this pathway can protect against liver injury in human cells and mouse models.
For kids like Cristofer, who has a rare neurodegenerative condition called vanishing white matter disease, research and clinical trials at U of U Health are bringing hope and transforming futures.
The University of Utah's Cutaneous Nerve Laboratory uses skin biopsies to diagnose neuropathy and advance neurological research. See how the lab finds answers that are more than skin deep.
Rural and low-income Medicare patients were less likely to receive timely home rehabilitation after hip or knee replacement, with delays linked to poorer recovery.
Almost 90% of Americans believe that it’s always best to take the full course of antibiotics, even when you feel better. The reality is more complicated.
Researchers are combining genetic studies of Utah families with AI-based molecular biology tools to find new medications that may ultimately help treat OA at its source.
Researcher clinicians at U of U Health are working with patients to test non-pharmaceutical treatments for depression and anxiety. Clinical trials give pregnant people more options, grant new hope for...
Researchers have made the first single cell map of the gene regulatory networks that drive heart failure, revealing crucial information to help develop better heart failure treatments.
Repeated exposure to combinations of common air pollutants in early pregnancy is associated with nearly three times greater odds of early preterm birth.
New research has discovered that, in mice, a brain molecule called Arc helps spread a toxic protein throughout the brain in Alzheimer’s disease. If therapies could be designed to target...
The findings suggest that chronic low-level blast exposure is one of many interwoven factors that can affect health, demonstrating a need to develop risk-reduction strategies.
Many older adults start cannabis seeking more effective or non-pharmaceutical options to manage sleep, pain, or mental health, often basing their decisions on word of mouth rather than discussions with...
New research in the Wasatch Front found that when air pollution was higher than the EPA daily limit in the week before surgery, the risk of post-surgical complications increased.
When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can program to destroy harmful cells while leaving healthy ones untouched.
When Bill the ten-foot-long Siamese crocodile started showing health changes, medical imaging experts and animal care specialists joined forces to get him through a CT scanner.
