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UI Study Finds Excess Fat Disrupts Heart Cell's Energy System

Thursday, January 4, 2018
A University of Iowa study has identified how excess fat in the heart, a common feature in diabetes and obesity, can harm the cells’ essential ability to produce energy.

Connecting the dots—helping cancer patients to quit smoking

Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Researchers at Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center receive NCI grant to improve smoking cessation interventions.

Faculty Focus: Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD

Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Meet Andrean Simons-Burnett, PhD

Runde honored with 2017 Mobile Clinic Faculty of the Year Award

Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Daniel Runde, MD, clinical assistant professor of emergency medicine, was awarded the 2017 Mobile Clinic Faculty of the Year Award for his volunteer efforts with University of Iowa Mobile Clinic over the past academic year.

FDA panel approves gene therapy to treat form of blindness

Tuesday, December 19, 2017
A gene therapy proven to improve vision and function for people with a rare inherited blinding eye disease was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Faculty Focus: Ken Nepple, MD

Monday, December 18, 2017
Meet Ken Nepple, MD of the Department of Urology

Staff spotlight: Laura Rogers, cancer researcher

Friday, December 15, 2017
Like most of us, when biologist Laura Rogers, PhD, hears stories about immunotherapy and the new hope it’s bringing to cancer patients, the word “miraculous” comes to her mind.

UI to study HPV vaccine disparities in rural areas

Thursday, December 7, 2017
Investigators from the Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and the UI College of Public Health are beginning a one-year study to better understand why HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine coverage in Iowa's rural areas lags behind other adolescent immunizations.

Two medical students win national research awards

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Two Carver College of Medicine students have each won national research awards for research they conducted this past summer

Low frequency brain stimulation improves cognition in Parkinson’s disease

Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Rare intraoperative brain recordings suggest new brain connection that may be a target for improving cognitive symptoms in Parkinson’s disease.