Author: Elizabeth Erman

Mouse embryonic stem cells can work to build the heart, potentially moving medical science a step closer to new heart-disease treatments that use human stem cells, School of Medicine research shows.

Courtesy PhotoJosh VanRiper, president of the Program in Physical Therapy’s Class of 2010, performs physical therapy on a young boy during a recent trip to the Dominican Republic by six students in the Program in Physical Therapy.

Applications for KL2 Career Development Award scholars to begin July 2009 are being accepted through Sept. 30 at 5 p.m.

Photo by Ray MarklinLesley Rankin was part of the Young Scientist Program designed to attract high-school students primarily from disadvantaged backgrounds into scientific careers.

Barry P. Sleckman, M.D., Ph.D., has been named director of the Division of Laboratory and Genomic Medicine.

School of Medicine researchers have proven that they can directly measure amyloid beta in the human brain, an important step for Alzheimer’s research.

The Society for Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has created an annual award named for Michael J. Welch, Ph.D., professor of radiology, of developmental biology and of chemistry.

When School of Medicine scientists genetically tweaked a part of the brain in fruit flies, the flies were unimpaired even after being deprived of sleep.

Applications are due Oct. 10 for awards from the University’s American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant.

Alberto Friedmann hasn’t let a diagnosis of a degenerative joint disease stop him from doing anything he has wanted to do in life.