Match Day 2019

Match Day tradition at Iowa brings together students, their friends, and families, for an hour or so of nervous anticipation and—usually—a joyous celebration. This year, 41 percent of the class will enter primary care training.

Foundational research conducted in the Carver College of Medicine

A new gallery of biomedical research images is on display on the ground floor of the Carver Biomedical Research Building. The images, each measuring 5 feet in diameter and mounted on back-lit frames, are visible to pedestrian and vehicle traffic along Newton Road. The gallery highlights the breadth of foundational research conducted in the Carver College of Medicine.

Novel gene therapy approach repairs genetic mutations and creates new route to tackle rare, inherited diseases

Nonsense mutations are single-letter errors in the genetic code that prematurely halt the production of critical proteins. These unfinished proteins are unable to function normally, and nonsense mutations cause 10-15 percent of all inherited genetic diseases, including Duchenne muscular...