UIC researchers, working with yeast, have found that the presence of one prion protein can spark the formation of other unrelated prions. They also devised a screening test that can be used to pinpoint unidentified prions-- the first genetic assay for these mysterious biological agents.
A University of Illinois at Chicago biology professor is part of a team led by the Institute for Genomic Research in sequencing the complete genome of a virulent strain of pneumococcus.
An online e-business/e-commerce certificate program, designed for busy managers, entrepreneurs and executives, has been launched by the University of Illinois at Chicago-based Professional Development Programs, in conjunction with the UIC College of Business Administration.
A University of Illinois at Chicago chemist has synthesized for the first time two different oligosaccharides containing only the beta-mannose type linkage.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has appointed Lee Kite national director of the Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization, an organization founded at UIC that encourages student involvement in entrepreneurship activities.
"Controversies in Functional Foods," the 10th annual conference of the Functional Foods for Health Program, a joint program of the Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses of the University of Illinois. A unique opportunity for researchers, health reporters and food industry leaders to glimpse the future course of functional foods research.
Fundamental research at the UIC Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology could lead to the development of a new class of antibiotics to help combat the growing global health problem of antibiotic resistance.
Black tea can help fight cavities and prevent gum disease, according to research presented at the annual American Society for Microbiology meeting.
UIC led all institutions in faculty represented in the prestigious Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism scheduled for release in June.
New York-based designer Kenneth Cole will give the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health convocation keynote address.
UIC and UCLA anthropologists report in new book evidence of pre-Inca pilgrimages to Islands of the Sun and the Moon in Lake Titicaca.
The UIC College of Pharmacy is set to launch a $1.2M dollar laboratory to discover new drugs to treat tuberculosis and explore novel drug-delivery systems to treat the disease with existing drugs.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers will explore the potential of lycopene, a substance found in tomato sauce, to prevent prostate cancer with a $300,000 grant from the National Foundation for Cancer Research.
Would weight gain of 30 to 50 pounds affect how you feel about yourself? How about if you no longer could perform sexually or experience sexual pleasure? Would a persistent hand tremor make you feel self-conscious?
Regardless of how many lifestyle improvements we make, vitamins we ingest or hormones we inject, the chances of life expectancy at birth rising to 100 years or beyond are slim to nil, say UIC School of Public Health professor and his colleagues. (Science, 2-23-01)
If humans were designed to live beyond age 100 and remain free of many of the diseases and disorders associated with aging, we might have looked like short, stout elves. (Scientific American, 3-01)
New suburban communities have sprung up all over America. While growth creates benefits in the suburbs, it also increases congestion and infrastructure costs for the entire metropolitan area. Now, a new book by two University of Illinois at Chicago researchers offers a fresh approach to this dilemma.
An innovative Veteran's Affair's home health care model provides patients and their caregivers with higher health-related quality of life and satisfaction with care than does private-sector home care, according to a study jointly conducted by researchers from the UIC, the VA and Northwestern University.
A team of UIC professors and guest instructors will travel to Le Havre, France to teach a three-day, international version of the College of Business Administration's E-Business E-Commerce Certificate Program to executives and students at the Normandy Business School.
An intricate molecule with exciting anticancer properties that is found only in a few species of South Pacific sponges has for the first time been synthesized in the laboratory by UIC chemists. Even more potent variants may now be made and tested. (Journal of the American Chemical Society, 11-8-00)
For the first time, scientists have demonstrated the presence of myosin, a "molecular motor," inside the nucleus, where it appears to power the assembly line that reads DNA and forges genetic messages. (Science, 10-13-00)
The University of Illinois at Chicago will assess the nation's progress toward the goal of making fitness, leisure and recreational facilities available to disabled people under a $915,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With $3.1 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health, UIC researchers are developing a powerful prenatal diagnostic technique for identifying defects in single genes.
A recent study by researchers from the UIC ImpacTeen Project and University of Michigan Youth Education and Society Project concludes that the prevalence of youth marijuana use decreases as marijuana prices rise and as perceived harmfulness increases.
Chinese and Chilean scientists are now connected with U.S. and international colleagues through STAR TAP -- the global advanced network access point managed by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Great Cities Institute announced the appointment of nine UIC faculty members as its 2000-2001 Great Cities Scholars.
Bioengineers are now using nanotechnology to create biohybrid grafts and drug delivery systems that target therapy to a precise location in the body, protect the device from attack by the body's defenses, and release the drug in response to a signal.
A redesigned curriculum reflecting the rapidly shifting world of e-business is being unveiled this fall at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
A newer medication used to treat arthritis appears to have fewer side effects than traditional therapies, according to a study in the Sept. 13 issue of JAMA.
Meeting the health care needs of the burgeoning elderly population will be discussed by a panel of business, government and academic experts convened by the UIC College of Nursing and chaired by former labor secretary Lynn Martin.
David Perry, director of the Great Cities Institute, a university-wide urban affairs research center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has assumed duties as interim dean for the university's College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs.
The National Center for Data Mining at the University of Illinois at Chicago launched the first version of an infrastructure called Data Space Transfer Protocol, or DSTP, for creating the next generation web of data.
Occupational health professionals developed the new Arts-Medicine Project at the University of Illinois at Chicago Health Sciences Center that specializes in treating artists.
Four new studies by researchers from University of Illinois at Chicago's ImpacTeen Project will be presented during the 11th World Conference on Tobacco OR Health in Chicago, Aug. 6-11.
Physics students can build many more circuits than in traditional labs via the "Interactive Electronics Laboratory" developed in the UIC College of Engineering. UIC hosts a symposium on teaching electrical circuits with the IEL.
Beginning this fall, the University of Illinois at Chicago's Great Cities Institute will offer an online professional certificate management program to nonprofit professionals across the country.
Wim Wiewel, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago was named dean of the business school, Provost Elizabeth Hoffman has announced.
Doctors at the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center used a endoscope procedure to remove an early-stage esophageal cancer, sparing the patient from major surgery. The two-hour procedure was a first for Chicago and is performed at only a few centers worldwide.
Automated decision aids -- like those designed to reduce human error in aircraft cockpits, nuclear plants and intensive care units -- can actually make people more prone to new types of errors, according to a recent study.
UIC researchers are studying a simple, objective measure of levels of sleepiness to help diagnose and treat disorders such as narcolepsy and sleep apnea.
In landmark surgeries at UIC Medical Center, the first artificial retinas made from silicon chips were implanted in the eyes of two blind patients who have lost almost all their vision because of retinal disease.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently awarded the UIC School of Public Health $347,000 to increase the number of African-Americans and Latinos enrolling and graduating with advanced degrees in the public health sciences.
A pilot program that teams Chicago police officers, prosecutors and building inspectors throughout Chicago proves effective at lowering gang and drug-related activities in targeted buildings and their immediate surrounding areas.
Two professors of criminal justice at UIC, have compiled research on benefits and contentious issues surrounding introduction of in-car-video (ICV) technology in police cars.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's National Center on Physical Activity and Disability launched a free Web site on how to combine physical activity with every type of disability: http://www.ncpad.org.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has licensed the worldwide rights to develop betulinic acid, a compound that in animal tests has shown activity against malignant melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer, to Advanced Life Sciences, Lemont, Ill.
In the June 2 Sleep Medicine Reviews, researchers at the UIC College of Pharmacy and College of Nursing discuss the propensity of people with sleep disorders to self-treat using herbs, review the most commonly used herbal stimulants and sedatives, and recommend a course of action.
The state of youth in Chicago and across the nation will be explored at a one-day community forum to take place May 18 at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
A University of Illinois at Chicago researcher uses pre-outcome judgments of morality and procedural fairness to predict people's reactions to political and social controversy -- in this case, people's opinions regarding what happens to Elian Gonzalez.
A group of 13 French business leaders will gather at the University of Illinois at Chicago April 30 to May 6 to learn strategies to broaden their share of the e-commerce universe.
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