The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health Announces Partnership with Palm Beach County
Collaboration aims to improve outcomes for the community’s youngest children, from their first day of life
8-Nov-2018 12:05 PM EST
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Bacteria use different strategies to divide and survive under stress
A new study by scientists from the University of Chicago shows how cyanobacteria, or bacteria that produce energy through photosynthesis like plants, change the way they grow and divide in response to different levels of light.
5-Nov-2018 10:05 AM EST
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New Checkpoint Inhibitor Shows Promise in Clinical Trial for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
By combining the experimental anti-cancer antibody known as 5F9 with the anti-cancer antibody rituximab, researchers managing a phase 1b clinical trial were able to induce a positive response in 11 out of 22 people with relapsed/refractory...
6-Nov-2018 10:05 AM EST
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Global health pioneer who helped eradicate smallpox wins prestigious MacLean Center Ethics Prize
The $50,000 MacLean Center Prize in Clinical Ethics and Health Outcomes, the largest in clinical medical ethics, was awarded this year to Emory University's William Foege, MD, MPH.
5-Nov-2018 5:05 PM EST
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Changes to RNA Aid the Process of Learning and Memory
In a new study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Chicago show how a common RNA modification plays an important role in the process of learning and memory formation.
29-Oct-2018 2:25 PM EDT
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UChicago Medicine Receives $6 Million to Prevent Colorectal Cancer
ACCSIS-Chicago—led by University of Chicago cancer specialists Karen Kim, MD, MS, and Blase Polite, MD, MPP—has been awarded nearly $6 million over five years to test novel ways to improve CRC screening and follow-up among groups that have not...
29-Oct-2018 4:00 AM EDT
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A Single Genetic Switch Changes Butterfly Wing Color
New research by scientists from the University of Chicago shows that just one gene controls whether a certain species of butterfly has white or yellow spots on its wings.
18-Oct-2018 11:05 AM EDT
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Genetic Flaw Causes Problems for Many with Hypothyroidism
Nearly 120 million prescriptions for a thyroid medicine called levothyroxine are filled each year, but many patients with hypothyroidism never get the benefit. A new study pinpoints a consistent inherited mutation that prevents the only current...
19-Oct-2018 5:05 PM EDT
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Cervical Cancer Expert Available to Comment on New USPSTF Guidelines
22-Aug-2018 11:05 AM EDT
Quitting Cigarettes: One of the Toughest New Year’s Resolutions
Deciding to stop smoking is one of the most common, beneficial and difficult New Year’s resolutions. Smoking reminders are abundant, nicotine withdrawal is difficult and the resolution process itself is flawed.
29-Dec-2017 3:30 PM EST
Quitting cigarettes: One of the toughest new year’s resolutions; UChicago Medicine expert offers tips on getting past “false hope syndrome”
29-Dec-2017 3:05 PM EST
Dr. Tao Xie: Researcher and Medical Expert in Parkinson's Disease. @uchicagomed
17-Nov-2017 2:05 PM EST
Dr. Bishop @Uchicagomed Knows CAR T-Cell Therapy Backward and Forward
30-Aug-2017 3:55 PM EDT
Neurosurgeon Peleg Horowitz's research focuses on genetics of brain, skull base tumors. #glioblastoma #braincancer #mccain @uchicagomed
19-Jul-2017 9:05 PM EDT
Dr. Daniel Golden is a brain cancer expert. @uchicagomed #mccain #glioblastoma
19-Jul-2017 8:05 PM EDT
FDA Approval Granted to Pediatric Device Used to Treat Esophageal Birth Defect
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization for a magnetic device used to treat pediatric esophageal atresia, a birth defect that causes abnormal formation of the esophagus. The Flourish™ Pediatric Esophageal Atresia device was...
25-May-2017 2:05 PM EDT
