Using the immune system to combat antibiotic resistant bacteria
Bacterial resistance is becoming more common in hospitals, and it’s accelerating.
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Bacterial resistance is becoming more common in hospitals, and it’s accelerating.
This semester, a new class called Neuroscience Research for Non-Majors is being offered. Biology professor George Bloom is the program director for this course and is intended for students conducting research in neuroscience who are not neuroscience majors.
“Nutrition and Diabetes,” a recent long-term study published in Nature journal, has found the Paleo Diet may be doing more harm than good. A mouse study performed at the University of Melbourne revealed a diet low in carbohydrates and high in healthy fats can result in weight gain, and a host of other problems, due to the absence of certain nutrients.
After being part of the team that discovered the gene for myotonic muscular dystrophy almost 25 years ago, the University’s School of Medicine’s Medical Director of Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Dr. Mani S. Mahadevan, has now successfully tested a therapy in mice that reduces the deleterious effects of the disease.
including anger and reactions to anger in others, was recently published by University Ph.D. student Meghan Puglia.
Researchers have discovered a potentially beneficial immune response that occurs after a central nervous system injury. This discovery may change the way doctors treat brain and spinal cord injuries and could potentially help develop tools to predict how patients respond to treatments.
Researchers have discovered a potentially beneficial immune response that occurs after a central nervous system injury. This discovery may change the way doctors treat brain and spinal cord injuries and could potentially help develop tools to predict how patients respond to treatments.
Dr. Susan M. Pollart, professor of family medicine and senior associate dean for faculty affairs and faculty development, along with a group of faculty connected with the Association of American Medical Colleges, analyzed data from 14 U.S. medical schools to determine what affected a doctor’s intent to leave their current academic institution.
The American College of Cardiology has recognized the University Health System for its excellence in care for patients with a certain type of heart attack called a ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction, or STEMI. This deadly type of heart attack is caused by prolonged blockage of blood supply to the heart, and it can be identified as a light peak on the ST segment of an electrocardiogram.