Articles from February 2018

Faculty Focus: David Kaczka, MD, PhD

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Meet David Kaczka, MD, PhD, Associate Professor

Faculty Focus: Nicholas Butler, MD

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Meet Nicholas Butler, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor

Faculty Focus: Paloma Giangrande, PhD

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Meet Paloma Giangrande, PhD, Associate Professor

Faculty Focus: Sarah Haskell, DO

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Meet Sarah Haskell, DO, Program Director of the Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship

Hunter-Killer Nanoparticle Bullets Target Tumors While Bypassing Healthy Tissue

Thursday, February 15, 2018
A research team led by Aliasger K. Salem and Kareem Ebeid at the University of Iowa has developed a method for targeting malignant tumors using nanoparticles that carry a combination of chemotherapeutic drugs directly to the tumors without affecting healthy tissue.

UI study finds that a surprise stimulus helps people stop an action

Wednesday, February 14, 2018
In a new study, University of Iowa researchers studied how people stopped an action. The researchers found that when participants heard an unexpected sound, they stopped an action more often than when they heard no sound at all.

Smart thermometer improves flu forecasting

Thursday, February 8, 2018
A new approach tested by researchers at the University of Iowa shows that de-identified data from a “smart thermometer” connected to a mobile phone app can track flu activity in real time at both population and individual levels and the data can be used to significantly improve flu forecasting.

Faculty Focus: Patrick Barlow, PhD

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Study suggests reducing oxidative damage in joint injuries may slow posttraumatic arthritis

Wednesday, February 7, 2018
A University of Iowa study has identified a method for inhibiting the occurrence of an aggressive form of arthritis that frequently develops following a severe traumatic injury.