The recent finding by a researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago that humans and rats absorb and eliminate some drugs at the same rate may have a dramatic impact on future drug development.
Forty-five years before he ever set foot on a college campus, Tadeusz Debski discovered his thirst for knowledge in the worst of environments, the Flossenburg concentration camp in Germany between 1941 and 1945.
A nurse researcher at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has received a four-year grant from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health to conduct the first federally funded study on lesbians' use of alcohol.
Raising the federal excise tax on cigarettes - as proposed by President Clinton - won't encourage young cigarette smokers to use marijuana instead, an economist from the University of Illinois at Chicago predicts in a new study.
Temperate forests soak up more CO2 from the atmosphere than previously thought, but scientists a the University of Illinois at Chicago find it's hard to quantify the effect, species by species. Meanwhile, utility companies want pollution "credits" for planting trees.
With the help of a new grant, the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Pharmacy is implementing a new approach to drug discovery that fosters environmental protection and economic development in developing countries.
The University of Illinois at Chicago has launched the new department of disability and human development, which offers a master's degree program and, in collaboration with two other departments, the nation's first Ph.D. program in disability studies.
A promising new DNA-based vaccine that fights several forms of cancer has been developed by a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Satellite images, 18th century maps and a city plan over 8,000 years old form part of a collection of rare and unusual maps that a professor of history at UIC, has chosen to help high school teachers "tell the story of world history."
A study conducted by the Center for Urban Real Estate at the University of Illinois at Chicago shows a downtown real estate marketplace with a growing problem: premier office space is shrinking in one of the nation's tightest real estate markets.
Simulation of black hole-neutron star collisions and worldwide sharing of electron microscope images are among the demonstrations at the Supercomputing '98 convention Nov. 7-13 in Orlando, Florida. The 'iGrid' demo booth is hosted by Illinois-Chicago and Indiana.
The University of Illinois at Chicago department of occupational therapy has received a $729,000 grant from the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Education to expand a pilot program to help people with HIV/AIDS return to work.
Tipsheet from the University of Illinois at Chicago in advance of Geological Society of America meeting: 1) A challenge to Gould's notion of "early experimentation, later standardization", 2) New technique to visualize intact bacteria from underground samples
Choosing the right MBA program can be a lot like looking for a soul mate: there are a lot of attractive candidates, but it's critical for individuals to find the right match, says a University of Illinois at Chicago business school official.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers report in the Oct. 2 issue of Science magazine that increasing the amount of drug therapy early in the treatment of hepatitis C patients dramatically reduces production of the virus and strongly suggests that a new, more effective treatment strategy may readily be available.
Compared to most other religions, Judaism requires a lot of time and a high level of personal investment to gain the rewards or benefits of religious participation, says University of Illinois at Chicago professor Carmel Chiswick. "Because the observance of traditional Jewish ritual is 'time-intensive,' Judaism tends to be a costly religion - especially in high-wage households in the United States," Chiswick says.
UIC archaeologist Brian Bauer and colleagues have unearthed artifacts from sites in South America that shed light on how the Inca organized their sun-worship rituals and how they physically kept track of the sun's movements.
A University of Illinois at Chicago chemist has developed a technique to produce the core part of the protease-inhibitor drug molecule in the laboratory. The technique may offer drug manufacturers a more cost-effective way to produce protease inhibitors.
Engineers at the University of Illinois at Chicago are experimenting with promising new methods to remove metal and organic contaminants from soil without excavating the site.
For the fourth consecutive year, the entrepreneurial studies institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago has been named one of the best programs of its kind by Success magazine, ranking 10th nationwide.
A unique instructional laboratory allows students anywhere in the world to experiment with real circuit elements--not simulations--through a web-based application. Its developer says he was motivated in part by students' being turned off by experiences with faulty equipment.
Anthony J. Rucci, 47, a Chicago business executive for nearly 20 years, was appointed today as dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Researchers, including UIC ophthalmologists, have found that an antiviral drug often used to suppress genital herpes also decreases the recurrence of herpes of the eye. In its most serious form, the condition can cause blindness.
The University of Illinois at Chicago will host a major conference on the growing threat of high-tech crime on the Internet, featuring internationally known authorities. The conference will be Aug. 5-7 in the Amoco building, Indiana Room Auditorium, 200 E. Randolph, Chicago.
A study by a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher says negative attitudes toward homosexuality can lead to low self-esteem and increased risk for HIV among young African-American gay and bisexual men.
A bioengineer at the University of Illinois at Chicago is developing a process to freeze and thaw skin grafts for use in treating burn injuries.
Inner-city drug dealing is a good example of what management guru Peter Drucker would call entrepreneurship, says a University of Illinois at Chicago researcher.
A 59-year-old patient who underwent a rare simultaneous liver transplant and coronary artery bypass surgery is doing exremely well a year later. His case is featured in a recent issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Think you might be paid less than your co-workers who do the same job? Looking for a new job on account of it? In situations such as these, says a management expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago, race and sex matter. Studies by Maryann Albrecht found that men of color and women of all races perceive they are paid less than people who do the same work at the same company.
University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have found that a new treatment alternative for people suffering from severe asthma attacks is more effective and much less costly than traditional hospital inpatient care. Researchers estimate that the alternative treatment, known as an emergency department observation unit, costs $1,202 per patient compared with $2,247 per patient for inpatient care -- a drop of 47 percent.
Rules established by religious denominations allowing women to be ordained as ministers -- or prohibiting it -- have little to do with the roles women actually play in the church, according to a new book by a sociologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
A new book by a University of Illinois at Chicago art historian tells how the atomic bomb came to occupy its spot at the center of postwar American culture and psychology. Peter Bacon Hales's "Atomic Spaces: Living on the Manhattan Project" draws on de-classified government files, plus medical records, letters, and photos. Creating the bomb, concludes Hales, "created a new form of American cultural landscape."
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have discovered a previously unknown genetic mechanism by which a gene, known as INGI, suppresses tumors in collaboration with the well-known tumor suppressor p53.
Commonly considered a disease affecting younger people, AIDS rapidly is becoming a part of older people's lives -- as care givers, family members, friends and patients.
Researchers have spent decades studying the political opinions and behavior of whites and African-Americans. But far less is known about political attitudes of Latinos, say two University of Illinois at Chicago political scientists who have conducted some of the first surveys designed to find out how Chicago Latinos think about politics and act on their beliefs.
A family member's suicide affects "survivors" in ways that go beyond grief over the death of a loved one, causing emotional reactions that resemble post-traumatic stress disorder and should be treated as such, says an expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago who works with suicide survivors and researches ways to help them best cope with their emotions and loss.
Chicago's Richard J. Daley was the best American big-city mayor since 1960, and Philadelphia's Frank Rizzo was the worst, according to a nationwide poll of 69 urban historians and political scientists conducted by a history professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
An expert at the University of Illinois at Chicago studies what he calls the "real relationships" between domestic violence and substance abuse.
Scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago have found an important molecular clue to genetic diseases caused by expansions of repeated DNA segments. The lengths of the segments and the status of protein synthesis in a cell affect their replication.
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) researchers are using computer models and psychological testing to help reduce the number of medication errors caused by look-alike and sound-alike medication names.
The University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center has developed a home health monitoring system that allows older patients to test their own blood at home and transmit the results electronically to the hospital.
The Chicago area's largest university, the university of Illinois at Chicago, has created a department of bioengineering, giving significant new emphasis to the burgeoning field and combining UIC's strengths in engineering and medicine. The new department head says bioengineering is not just biotechnology.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Northwestern University medical schools have published new findings in the Oct. 23 New England Journal of Medicine that challenge the genetic concept of race as it relates to birth weight.
Experts at the University of Illinois at Chicago have pioneered a new procedure to repair the skulls of persons who have undergone brain surgery or have suffered serious head trauma, including gunshot wounds.
A course to help physicians tell parents that their child has died will be presented by University of Illinois at Chicago emergency medicine physician Dr. William Ahrens at the annual Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians in San Francisco Oct. 17.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have incorporated virtual reality technology into a manufacturing design tool that allows the user to visualize and plan a factory while it is still in the design phase. The tool, a computer simulation, is proving its usefulness at Searle, a pharmaceutical company based in Skokie, Ill.
The University of Illinois at Chicago will host the Second International Symposium on Oxidative Stress and Brain Damage Sept. 26-28 at the Hotel Inter-Continental, 505 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Illinois. The focus is neuropsychiatric disorders.
Some expectant parents fear that intercourse during pregnancy may cause premature labor. But a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine found that there is no direct and clear link between sexual intercourse and spontaneous labor.
African-American children with obstructive sleep apnea have significantly lower blood-oxygen levels compared to other groups, according to a study by sleep disorder researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.
As the University of Illinois at Chicago's Institute for Tuberculosis Research celebrates its 50th anniversary, researchers here are moving forward to identify components of the tuberculosis vaccine, BCG, that are effective in the treatment of cancers when taken orally.
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