New Measure of Sperm Age May Be Predictor of Pregnancy Success

A novel technique to measure the age of male sperm has the potential to predict the success and time it takes to become pregnant, according to a newly published study by researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
13-May-2022 12:20 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State study addresses major outstanding question in theoretical models of memory

A research team led by faculty members at Wayne State University has discovered that communication between two key memory regions in the brain determines how what we experience becomes part of what we remember, and as these regions mature, the...
15-Feb-2022 12:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

COVID-19 may cause fetal inflammation even in absence of placental infection, researchers report

Researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health’s Perinatology Research Branch in Detroit have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, may cause fetal inflammation even in the...
18-Jan-2022 5:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Wayne State University secures NIH grant to develop mobile intervention for young Black adults with asthma

A Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher has secured a $2.5 million grant to develop an effective mobile management intervention program to improve asthma control in young Black American adults.
12-Jan-2022 4:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Wayne State receives $3.1 million grant to seek alternative sources of rare earth elements

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Wayne State University have been awarded a $3.1 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ERDC program to seek alternative sources of rare earth elements critical to advanced military and consumer...
27-Oct-2021 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Researchers find more severely COVID-19 infected mothers more likely to have preterm birth

Researchers at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health’s Perinatology Research Branch in Detroit have discovered that the more severely infected with COVID-19 a mother is, the more likely she is to...
8-Oct-2021 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State wins $18 million from NIH to intercept chronic disease in Black communities

The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities has awarded Wayne State University $18.15 million over five years to establish a Center for Multiple Chronic Diseases Associated with Health Disparities: Prevention, Treatment, and...
7-Oct-2021 10:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Wayne State’s Department of Emergency Medicine secures $15.88 million from CDC to study viral infection surveillance

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $15.88 million to the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Department of Emergency Medicine to be the epicenter of a national study on viral infections that present in...
30-Sep-2021 12:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites