Author: Elizabeth Erman

School of Medicine scientists have found that some of the bacteria that plague women with urinary tract infections (UTIs) are entrenched inside human bladder cells.

The kidney actively cleans its most selective filter to keep it from clogging with blood proteins, School of Medicine scientists reveal in a new study. Researchers showed that breakdown of a self-cleaning feature can make kidneys more vulnerable to dysfunction and disease.

The Children’s Discovery Institute has approved $2.2 million for new research and to appoint two full-time scholars and one academic fellow.

Walter C. Bauer, M.D., a retired professor of pathology at the School of Medicine, died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008. He was 82.

William F. Howard, a long-time higher education attorney, has been appointed associate vice chancellor and chief counsel to the School of Medicine.

A gene linked to pediatric brain tumors is an essential driver of early brain development, School of Medicine researchers have found.

Photo by Robert BostonSusie Strecker (left), instructor in physical therapy, reaches out to Madelyn Latacha, daughter of Kim Latacha, in the Kinesiology II course in the Program in Physical Therapy. Students observe and try to guess Madelyn’s age by her movements.

A symposium to honor the career of Eugene M. Johnson Jr., Ph.D., will be held Feb. 29 at the Eric P. Newman Education Center,

A group of residents and attending physicians have released a new Washington Manual designed for health-care providers who care for critically ill patients.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease who took part in regular tango dance classes at the School of Medicine showed significant improvements in balance and mobility.