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Molecular medicine comes to the rescue: Targeted therapy turns life around for child with neonatal diabetes

Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:50:13 -0500

On Monday, August 14, Lilly Jaffe, a six-year-old North Shore suburban girl who had been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was one month old, checked into the Clinical Research Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center. On Friday, August 18, she checked out...

Mutated gene may offer clue to why all brains are not equal

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 10:50:13 -0500

One of the most intriguing mysteries of biology is why humans are the only species with a brain smart enough to ponder their own existence. Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz believe they have discovered a possible answer: a gene...

Jeffrey Matthews appointed chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago

Mon, 02 Aug 2006 09:20:13 -0500

Gastrointestinal surgeon Jeffrey Matthews, MD, a leading authority on the surgical treatment of diseases of the pancreas, bile ducts and liver, and a prominent scientist known for his fundamental research on defects in chloride transport in epithelial tissue, has been appointed chairman of surgery at the University of Chicago...

University of Chicago's new team to manage Argonne National Laboratory: University to lead industrial partners to enhance scientific value, operational vitality of Laboratory

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:40:13 -0500

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that a new team assembled by the University of Chicago has been selected to manage Argonne National Laboratory, one of the DOE�s major multi-program national laboratories known for its world-class innovations in energy...

And the Evolutionary Beat Goes On...

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:40:13 -0500

Stephen Jay Gould would have been pleased. No, not about his mug shot at the endpoint of evolution in the illustration above, but about the growing evidence that evolution is not just real but is actually happening to human beings right now...

Dorothy Sipkins, M.D., Wins Stem Cell Research Grant

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:50:13 -0500

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich recently announced that Dorothy Sipkins, assistant professor of medicine at the U of C Hospitals (UCH), will receive over $473,000 of a $10 million grant that the state has earmarked for stem-cell research...

Ethicists: No way to justify mercy deaths

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 13:45:13 -0500

CHICAGO - Despite horrific medical conditions including triple-digit temperatures, no electricity and useless lifesaving equipment, ethicists and even some doctors caught in Hurricane Katrinas aftermath say theres no way to justify killing a sick or dying patient...

Vinay Kumar appointed to Vice Dean of the Division of Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 09:15:13 -0500

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Vinay Kumar, M.D., as Vice Dean of the Division of the Biological Sciences and the Pritzker School of Medicine effective July 1, 2006...

Valerie Jarrett to lead expanded Board of University of Chicago Medical Center; James Madara, M.D., appointed Medical Center CEO

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:23:26 -0500

The Trustees of the University of Chicago and University of Chicago Hospitals have passed measures designed to better integrate governance and operations...

Jocelyn Malamy, Associate Professor in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology

Thu, 25 May 2006 10:19:23 -0500

How does one begin to solve the problem of world hunger? Jocelyn Malamy gives her students $250 million, theoretically, that is, to look for answers and the opportunity to learn about many sides of the issue...

Neil Shubin appointed to Associate Dean for Organismal and Evolutionary Biology and Provost of Field Museum

Thu, 18 May 2006 14:13:26 -0500

In his University role, Dr. Shubin will work with the Chairs of the Departments of Ecology and Evolution and Organismal Biology and Anatomy to integrate strategic planning and recruitment...

Leading researcher to establish genomics and systems biology institute at the University of Chicago

Mon, 01 May 2006 13:03:26 -0500

Kevin P. White, PhD, a pioneer in combining experimental and computational techniques to understand the networks of factors that control gene expression during development and evolution, has been appointed professor in the departments of human genetics...

"Uniquely human" component of language found in gregarious birds

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:11:41 -0500

Although linguists have argued that certain patterns of language organization are the exclusive province of humans -- perhaps the only uniquely human component of language -- researchers from the University of Chicago and the University of California...

University of Chicago to celebrate opening of the new Ellen and Melvin Gordon Center for Integrative Science

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:07:23 -0500

From a penny candy has come a $25 million gift to the University of Chicago. The first family of Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. is personally donating that amount toward the cost of a new $200 million science building on the Hyde Park campus...

Newly Found Species Fills Evolutionary Gap Between Fish and Land Animals

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:07:15 -0500

A crucial fossil that shows how animals crawled out from the water, evolving from fish into land-loving animals, has been found in Canada...

Prescription flip-side: Guidelines for medication withdrawal

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:20:37 -0500

Although thousands of scientific papers evaluate and compare new and established drugs each year, providing evidence to help doctors prescribe safe and effective doses, almost no studies focus on when or how to stop these medications, even late in life...

Efforts to Replicate Controversial Diabetes Therapy Bring Partial Success

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:20:42 -0500

An effort by researchers at the University of Chicago to confirm the results of a high-profile study that brought extraordinary hope to diabetes researchers and patients worldwide has met with considerable...

Tribune Profile: Richard Schilsky. Researcher's message of hope

Sun, 19 Mar 2006 10:06:54 -0500

U. of C. associate dean sees a day when preventive medicine will head off cancer. Richard Schilsky has a recurring fantasy that cancer will someday be a manageable disease, like diabetes. Maybe even a curable disease, like strep throat...