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The University of Utah Center for Clinical and Translational Science taps into the University of Utah's strengths in genetics and bioinformatics to translate promising bench science into practices that improve...

Adam Frost, MD, PhD, is committed to expanding our understanding of how cells work through his research. He hopes that new discoveries will lead to novel therapies for diseases.

Ryan O'Connell, PhD, is committed to discovering novel genes involved in cancer and autoimmunity, testing the roles of these genes in disease pathogenesis using preclinical models, and developing innovative approaches...

Newly released research findings from University of Utah neuroscientists assert that there is no evidence within brain imaging that indicates some people are right-brained or left-brained.

Prenatal care is governed by medical dogma. Mothers first check in with their doctors around eight weeks’ gestation, setting in motion a regimented schedule of clinic visits and tests -...

Drawing pictures. As simplistic and unscientific as it sounds, pictures have been one of the most powerful tools scientists have used to help them understand and explain the unknown. Today...

This month, Drakos received a $486,000 grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to further advance his work and move closer to developing a framework for drugs that could change...

Results from groundbreaking research announced this month at the U may pave the way for changes in the course of Down Syndrome treatment.

Chief expert in infectious diseases at the U of U publishes commentary on recent influenza outbreak in China.

Study used posthumously culled data on opioid-related deaths to discover causes for rising trend in Utah.

It became known as the "baby bong project." Stanford University students looking for cost-effective ways to build inhalers for impoverished children in Latin America stumbled upon an unorthodox method during...

Recently published study by Sara Simonsen, PhD, explores preterm birth risks and factors for mothers who have had at least three children

Huntsman Cancer Institute's 2012 Top Science Report

A new faculty addition at the U is trailblazing a field known as molecular animation.

Just who are the academic entrepreneurs? They are the students and faculty who seek to identify and solve real-world problems by translating basic science into applied technologies.

Researchers study the gamut of diseases and illnesses with one goal: improving lives worldwide.

In 1979 Lynn Jorde, PhD, faced the daunting decision of picking a university where he could start his teaching and research career.

Did you know that in the United States a child is born with a birth defect every four and a half minutes?

Five years after winning a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to set up a center to study HIV, the University of Utah has been awarded $21.8 million more to...

Recently, a follow-up study of the 1980s Utah/UCLA Autism Epidemiologic Study done by researchers in the U of U Department of Psychiatry was published in the Journal of Autism and...

Hepatitis C is a growing health care issue in the United States. Yearly deaths from HCV will increase over the next few decades.