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September 28, 2009
The university has developed an organ matching software program that offers new hope to patients needing a kidney transplant. Often a patient who needs a kidney has a family member or friend willing to donate one of his or her kidneys, but it cannot be done due to tissue or blood type incompatibilities. The Transplant…
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September 28, 2009
UM-Dearborn kicked off the commemoration of its milestone 50th anniversary last week with a special event titled the “50th Anniversary Celebration” at the Henry Ford Estate on the university’s campus. The event was designed to honor the 50 years of academic excellence the university has provided to the metropolitan Detroit community, with photos, video and…
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September 28, 2009
A university-led research team is creating a comprehensive analysis and mapping of threats to the Great Lakes that will guide decision-making in the United States and Canada for years to come. The mapping and analysis project will produce the first regional synthesis of human impacts on the Great Lakes, thereby helping regional planners and conservation…
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September 28, 2009
U-M Health System researchers will lead a $10.25 million effort to study rare kidney diseases that cause kidney failure and the need for dialysis. The five-year project supports research of nephrotic syndrome, which describes a group of diseases that, though rare, generates an enormous individual and societal burden. The syndrome, which affects kidney filter cells,…
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September 28, 2009
Urinary tract infections are painful and recur all too often with no apparent cause: Ask any woman who has missed days of work due to one, or had to find emergency treatment while on vacation. U-M scientists have taken an important step toward what could become the first effective vaccine to prevent urinary tract infections,…
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September 28, 2009
U-M scientists have developed a combination drug that promises a safer, more precise way for medics and fellow soldiers in battle situations to give a fallen soldier both morphine and a drug that limits morphine’s dangerous side effects. They use nanotechnology to devise ultra-small polymer particles capable of carrying the drugs into the body. The…
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September 28, 2009
Mexican journalist, author, feminist and human-rights activist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro will be awarded the 19th Wallenberg Medal at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8 in Rackham Auditorium. After the medal presentation, Cacho will give the Wallenberg Lecture. A fearless and courageous defender of the rights of women and children in Mexico, Cacho routinely risks her life to…
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September 28, 2009
The Provost’s Council on Student Honors has selected four top scholars to represent the university in competition for the prestigious Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships. Hailing from such diverse disciplines as environmental engineering, sociology, ancient civilizations and visual art, these students hope to hone their skills to improve the world. “We have a highly talented, select…
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September 28, 2009
A new technique for reconstructing the palate after surgery for tonsil cancer maintained patients’ ability to speak clearly and eat most foods, a new study shows. The technique, developed at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, is described in the September Archives of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery. “This is the area that triggers swallowing, that…
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September 28, 2009
A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new study shows. The School of Public Health (SPH) study compared the effectiveness of a vaccine that uses an inactivated influenza virus with a vaccine that uses a live but weakened virus, says Arnold Monto,…
