At a time when the omicron surge is dominating the news cycle and affecting day-to-day activities, University of Iowa Health Care scientists continue to make discoveries that advance our understanding and treatment of other health conditions.
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Artificially stimulating heart rate protects the heart from injury, reproducing a key benefit of exercise, according to a new University of Iowa study.
UI Team develops new gene expression technology and will enable better modeling of diseases, especially for neurodegenerative diseases.
Two early-career scientists have each been awarded a one-year, $30,000 American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI.
A study by Lane Strathearn, MD, PhD, adds to evidence that childhood adversity can increase the risk for many chronic physical and mental health problems that last into adulthood.
Frida Teran receives the 2021 Maria Cano Martinez Service Award. This scholarship was established to promote understanding and the study of Chicanx/Latinx issues by providing funds, annually, for a student who promotes understanding through scholarly activity or working with Chicanx/Latinx organization on campus or in the community.
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine student Ben Walker has earned the highest score among his classmates on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 exam.
Butler has been appointed to the Mark Stinski Professorship in Immunology.
UI Health Care is establishing the new Iowa Center for Neurodegeneration to improve treatment of neurodegenerative diseases for underserved rural populations in Iowa and beyond.
New insight on how cells migrate through the body could have implications for developing new ways to slow or prevent the spread of cancer.