Top University of Maryland School of Medicine Genomics Scientist Claire M. Fraser, Phd, Appointed President-Elect of American Association for the Advancement of Science (Aaas)

University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) Dean E. Albert Reece, MD, PhD, MBA, announced today that Claire M. Fraser, PhD, a pioneer in the field of microbial genomics, who is the Dean’s Endowed Professor, Department of Medicine, and...
8-Jan-2019 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

University of Maryland Doctors Treat First Breast Cancer Patients with GammaPod, Latest High-Precision Radiotherapy

Radiation oncologists at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center (UMGCCC) are now treating patients with the GammaPod™, a new FDA-cleared radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer. The UMGCCC is...
6-Dec-2018 9:30 AM EST Add to Favorites

INSTITUTE OF HUMAN VIROLOGY RESEARCHERS DISCOVER THAT A BACTERIAL PROTEIN PROMOTES CANCER

The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) announced today the discovery that DnaK, a protein of the bacterium mycoplasma, interferes with the mycoplasma-infected cell’s ability to respond to and...
4-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers Awarded $1.78 Million Grant to Study Brain-to-Gut Connection in Schizophrenia

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Maryland Psychiatric Center (MPRC) and Institute for Genome Sciences (IGS), along with researchers at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP), have been awarded a...
4-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

UMSOM and Groupe De Recherche Action en Sante Begin Second Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Study in Africa

A new study has been launched Burkina Faso for Bharat Biotech’s typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV). It is the second clinical study underway in Africa for the vaccine and the first in West Africa.
3-Dec-2018 2:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Scientists Discover Key Gene In Cells Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss

An international group of researchers, led by Ronna Hertzano, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Anatomy and Neurobiology, at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM), and Michael Bowl,...
19-Nov-2018 2:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

First U.S. Patient Receives Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Neuropathic Pain

University of Maryland physician-scientists have treated the first patient in the United States with MRI-guided focused ultrasound for neuropathic leg pain as part of a pilot clinical trial.
29-Oct-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

High-Precision Proton Therapy More Effective in Treating Certain Cancers When Combined with Thermal Therapy

The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) is now offering deep-tissue external thermal therapy in combination with high-precision proton-beam radiotherapy as a potential way to boost survival chances for certain cancer patients. MPTC is the only...
8-Oct-2018 11:30 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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