Creating future geneticists
Photo by Tim ParkerFaculty and staff from the Genome Sequencing Center went to an area middle school April 24 to talk to students about National DNA Day.
Experts discuss aging’s impact on ability to drive, find other transportation
Ensuring that the elderly have access to transportation while preventing age-related driving impairments will be the focus of the eighth annual Friedman Conference on Aging, “Are We Licensed for Life? Transportation and Driving Issues in an Aging Society.”
Alzheimer’s plaque buildup reduced by drug
The ability of brain cells to take in substances from their surface is essential to the production of a key ingredient in Alzheimer’s brain plaques, researchers found.
Come dancing
Photo by Tim ParkerMedical and occupational therapy students held a “senior prom” April 12 to facilitate social interactions between the school and the older adult community.
Advance in atrial fibrillation surgery boosts outcomes
By adding a simple step to an operative procedure, heart surgeons found a significant improvement in the outcome for the treatment of atrial fibrillation.
DBBS to mark 35th anniversary, 1,000th graduate
The Division of Biology and Biomedical Sciences will mark two milestones May 1-2: its 35th anniversary and graduating its 1,000th student.
Deadly genetic disease stopped before zebrafish birth
School of Medicine research could lead to the prevention up to one-fifth of birth defects in humans caused by genetic mutations.
Drug prevents abnormalities that lead to seizures
School of Medicine scientists have used a drug to prevent the brain abnormalities that lead to seizures in mice with an inherited form of epilepsy.
Environment influences when drinking begins; genes’ role increases in transition to alcohol dependence
The influence of genetics increases as young women transition from their first drink to alcohol dependence. A team of researchers at the School of Medicine found that although environment is most influential in determining when drinking begins, genes play a larger role in advancing to problem drinking and alcohol dependence.
Many African-Americans have a gene that prolongs life after heart failure
About 40 percent of African-Americans have a genetic variant that can protect them after heart failure and prolong their lives, according to research conducted at the School of Medicine and collaborating institutions. The genetic variant has an effect that resembles that of beta blockers, drugs widely prescribed for heart failure. The new study offers a reason why beta blockers don’t appear to benefit some African-Americans.
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