Remdesivir results ‘promising’ in Medical Center clinical trial
The Medical Center’s Ann Falsey and Angela Branche, both with the Vaccine and Treatment and Evaluation Unit, are leading an NIH-sponsored clinical trial of remdesivir in the treatment of COVID-19.
Rochester researchers pursue quick ways to detect COVID-19—and better understand it
Nanomembranes, optical sensors, and blood analysis: Rochester faculty are turning previous research avenues to focus on ways to quickly detect novel coronavirus to speed treatment.
New URMC coronavirus research examines immune response
Researchers at the University of Rochester’s New York Influenza Center of Excellence, one of five such centers of excellence in the world, are launching a new study to determine if and when a person could be re-infected with the novel coronavirus and whether some people have pre-existing immunity.
University of Rochester Emergency Medicine team returns from helping in NYC
A team of 14 physicians, physician assistants, and registered nurses have returned to Rochester after supporting health care providers at two New York City hospitals hard hit by the coronavirus.
University and area health organizations partner to promote COVID-19 prevention information
Area health care providers and organization have partnered to create an informed community-wide campaign to amplify key messages about COVID-19 that local citizens need to know to stay healthy.
Vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy has no effect on reducing asthma in children
In a six-year follow-up study, Medical Center researchers have found that prenatal vitamin D supplementation alone has limited effect on preventing asthma and wheezing in children.
Parents aren’t powerless when it comes to sleep-deprived teenagers
Teenagers in the US don’t get enough shut eye, and the consequences of this epidemic of sleep deprivation are extensive. But researchers at the University of Rochester have found that a simple solution yields solid results: setting a bedtime and sticking to it.
Chemicals in vaping flavors cause widespread damage to lung tissue
While names like mango, mint, and cucumber make vaping flavors sound natural or benign, new research from the University of Rochester Medical Center unpacks the list of chemicals that comprise flavored e-liquids.
University of Rochester plans $240 million orthopaedics campus to expand surgical, outpatient care
Patients with bone and joint conditions could receive treatment at one of the most comprehensive centers for orthopaedic care in the country upon completion of a medical campus to be built alongside the Marketplace Mall, in a project plan announced today.
Six Rochester graduate students offered National Institutes of Health fellowship grants
Five graduate students from the University of Rochester Medical Center and one from the School of Arts and Sciences have been offered National Institutes of Health F31 fellowship grants to support their health-related research.