Rena D’Souza, D.D.S., Ph.D., Professor of Dentistry at the Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ received a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to build on her past research to...
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2017-2018 Best Hospital Rankings. For the fourth consecutive year, University of Utah Hospital was ranked No. 1 in Utah and in the...
Like the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability to learn, remember, and adapt. Now, scientists at Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ report they can...
Technology is making it easier for patients and providers to interact, thus improving communication, safety and patient-provider relationships. New tools are helping patients become more actively involved in their care...
In the Intensive Care Unit doctors and nurses must make decisions that involve integration of massive amounts of data that is constantly changing. To cope with all this data they...
Scientists have had limited success at identifying specific inherited genes associated with prostate cancer. Researchers studied prostate cancer patients with multiple cancer diagnoses, many who would not be recommended for...
90 to 95 percent of ALS cases are "sporadic", meaning these patients had no clear family history of the condition, and therefore no indication that they were at risk. A...
The American Heart Association (AHA) awarded investigators at Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ $3.7 million to conduct collaborative research to prevent and treat congenital heart disease. U of U Health is...
"Yarraman flu is a virus quickly infecting the U.S. .…" The mock announcement was enough to make readers worry. But when the name of the hypothetical illness was changed to...
Antibiotics were the wonder drug of the 20th century, but many bacteria have evolved resistance. According to the CDC, more than two million people in the United States develop bacterial...
Erhu Cao, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry at Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ, was named a 2017 Pew Scholar for his exploration of atomic-scale mechanisms to understand how cell membrane proteins...
Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) and the College of Pharmacy at Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ (U of U Health) have been awarded a $9.1 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer...
Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ Sciences celebrated two major milestones at graduation ceremonies this weekend: the graduation of the first expanded class of the School of Medicine, and the inaugural graduating...
As commencement nears, the Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ wants to recognize the accomplishments of their faculty. U of U Health is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of teaching, career...
A. Lorris Betz, M.D., Ph.D., has been named interim senior vice president for Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ Sciences, CEO of Â鶹ѧÉú¾«Æ·°æ, and executive dean of the School...
Distinguished professor of biochemistry Dana Carroll, Ph.D., who has devoted much of his career to developing precise genome editing platforms, received one of the highest honors in science today when...
Writer Sherry Young will speak at this year’s Seeds of Remembrance event, "Honoring Those Who Have Gone Before," May 2 at 7 p.m. in the Annette Poulson Cumming College of...
This automated machine could reduce a surgical procedure from two hours to two and a half minutes by replacing hand drills for one type of complex cranial surgery.
A study published April 25 in Cell Reports reveals that cognitive stimulation, social interactions, and physical activity increase lifespan in mice with colon cancer by triggering the body's wound repair...
The difficult decision to make a change in leadership of the University of Utah’s Huntsman Cancer Institute came only after thoughtful consideration and careful deliberation, and with the full support...
