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Scientists genetically altered production of a factor found in skeletal muscle and produced mice that can’t get fat but develop signs of diabetes. More medical news

As Alison J. Whelan, M.D., awaits the opening of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center in August, she explains that the striking six-story structure will not only serve as the main venue for teaching and events at the School of Medicine, but it also will spotlight the importance of education. “For the first time, we […]

The School of Medicine has established the Neurofibromatosis Center to foster collaborative and interdisciplinary research on the disorder.

The study was published in the journal Cancer Research and suggests where researchers should look for more promising treatment approaches.

You could say that the Human Genome Project missed 99 percent of the genes in the adult body. That’s because it didn’t sequence genes belonging to the vast communities of bacteria that normally live on and in us. Now a $1.45 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation to researchers at the School of Medicine will help fill this gap by funding a study to develop new approaches for isolating, sequencing and analyzing the genomes of “friendly” bacteria that inhabit the intestine and identifying the natural metabolic products that they synthesize in their native gut habitats.

Scientists at the School of Medicine used genetically modified mice to uncover a potentially important link between diabetes and obesity.

Katherine Jahnige Mathews has received the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship.

A new procedure holds promise for treatment of blood and bone marrow disorders, immune dysfunction and certain metabolic disorders.

The Radiological Society of North America comprises more than 37,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists and related scientists.

Researchers have developed “direct genomic selection”; it could provide the leads they need to understand and treat a wide range of disorders. More medical news