Janet Hanson's journey, which began with the birth of her first child 57 years earlier, culminated with the discovery of a rare genetic mutation responsible for the constellation of symptoms...
Janet Hanson's journey, which began with the birth of her first child 57 years earlier, culminated with the discovery of a rare genetic mutation responsible for the constellation of symptoms...
Scientists at University of Utah Health, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and University of California San Diego sent protein crystals to space to develop new antidotes for nerve agents.
The Atlantic features Utah Genome Project and Huntsman Cancer Institute's pioneering work using Utah's large and well-documented family trees to find a genetic cause of colon cancer, and ways to...
Autoimmune diseases, such as Type-1 diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis, are on the rise and stem from a combination of genetic and environmental factors. Researchers now believe that bacteria...
Dr. Francis Abantanga, MD, Pediatric Surgeon, Head of the Department of Surgery and Dean of the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University for Development Studies in Tamale...
Doctor Raymond Price, Director of the Center for Global Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Associate Adjunct Professor of Public Health at the University of Utah, recently addressed the Mexican Senate...
In no uncertain terms, CRISPR/Cas9 has revolutionized the field of genome engineering. An adaptation called Easi-CRISPR (Efficient additions with ssDNA inserts-CRISPR) greatly simplifies creation of transgenic mice, an essential workhorse...
A new study led by Micah Drummond, Ph.D., assistant professor of physical therapy at University of Utah College of Health has found a way to keep muscles from deteriorating during...
A new study has identified a cost-effective intervention that could significantly reduce the spread of dangerous bacteria throughout the broader community.
Most of us know about the benefits of bariatric surgery, most notably losing weight. But a new study finds that a large proportion of doctors don’t take action to prevent...
Despite advances in medical care, half of all young children in the United States who come down with pneumonia wind up in the hospital. Two new diagnostic tools could find...
More than 20 researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah made their mark on the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting this year. Held...
In his recent talk From Bench to the Bedside and Onward to the Market: Commercializing Academic Software, Mark Yandell detailed the many incremental steps he followed to develop two important...
A brother and sister share the same rare disease. Only, while the girl is disabled for life, her brother is a typical, rambunctious preschooler. The difference? The brother was diagnosed...
Thanks to antiretroviral drugs, HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was for those who have access to these medicines. But HIV is still not curable because the...
When a doctor diagnoses a child with pneumonia, all too often the default is to prescribe antibiotics. Considering that antibiotics can cause serious side effects and overuse causes microbes to...
While most women experience menopause around 51 years of age, women with primary ovarian insufficiency go through menopause before the age of 40, with some going through the life-altering event...
