Anyone looking for cheap dental coverage might want to switch studies.
Fruit fly study shows fat proteins could affect humans
U researchers discovered a potential cause for human obesity—in fruit flies.
As part of World AIDS Day, several organizations around the U are offering their services to students, faculty and members of the community.
Darin Furgeson, professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, in collaboration with Joe Yost, professor of neurobiology and anatomy and Ed Clark, professor and chairman of pediatrics, is studying how nanoparticles affect people and future generations.
The U has its own Doogie Howser—a brilliant doctor who graduated medical school when he was still a teenager—except this one doesn’t just play a doctor on TV.
Professor says only collapse of economy could help
Global warming cannot be stopped unless the world’s economy collapses, according to a study by Tim Garrett, professor in atmospheric sciences.
Earth energy Two U researchers are working to make geothermal energy more productive. Joe Moore, geologist at the Energy & Geoscience Institute and research professor of civil and environmental engineering, along with John McLennan, engineer at EGI and engineering research professor, are in the process of working on a five-year study that will look into harvesting the earth’s energy.
Amid the confusion and worry sparked by the federal government’s new suggestion that women shouldn’t start getting checked for breast cancer until 10 years later than originally proposed, the Huntsman Cancer Institute is holding steady to the traditional standard.
Nobelist warns against abusing antibiotics
Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan honored the work that started at the U and might one day turn the tide in the war against infections as part of the Benning Society Lecture Series on Wednesday night.
Although it will not directly affect research funding, further budget cuts will impair the U’s ability to keep faculty to do research, said Paul Brinkman, vice president of academic affairs.
After 10 years in the United Kingdom, Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan will return to the U, where his Nobel Prize-winning research began, for a day of teaching.
Scientists went door-to-door looking for pregnant women willing to submit their eventual newborns to a 21-year-long study.
The U department of physics and astronomy held the “first light” symposium Wednesday, celebrating the first photographs taken by the department’s new telescope.
The Incredible Hulk would love the M82 galaxy—it’s where a huge amount of the gamma rays that created him are coming from, according to U scientists.
Following an eight-month undercover investigation, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has filed complaints with the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture against U research labs for violating federal law in its mistreatment of research animals.
Geography no longer consists of just maps and locations of places, which is exactly what the U department of geography is trying to prove.
Traumatized soldiers returning from America’s wars overseas might have a brighter and healthier future waiting for them.
U scientists found that the size of catalysts, substances that speed up chemical reactions, directly affect their electronic properties.
Despite difficulties, including multiple flat tires and a mouse invasion, the department of physics and astronomy has reason to celebrate the “first light” of its new observatory.
In 2008, researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute published 158 studies in various areas of cancer.
U researchers were selected to take part in a nine-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health to fight heart and blood vessel diseases.
U scientists received 95 research grants, totaling $28 million in federal economic stimulus grant money to fund research projects ranging from developing a diagnostic test for colon cancer to understanding the genetics of the human metabolism.
Hey, tubby—lose the pounds by surrounding yourself with food.
A new international study could eventually provide medications for diseases caused by leaky blood vessels, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetes-related damage to the retina, known as retinopathy.
By studying non-parasitic flatworms and how they regenerate, U researchers believe new information could eventually lead to regeneration of human limbs and the regrowing of cells damaged in the heart or brain after someone suffers a heart attack.
A mechanical problem with a TRAX train caused a 45-minute delay for U commuters Thursday morning.
U researchers developed iPhone applications to view the human body in a new way—one of them even allows users to dissect the dead.
U researchers developed iPhone applications to view the human body in a new way—one of them even allows users to dissect the dead.
Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute led a three-year international study to develop guidelines for patients who would qualify for melanoma genetic testing.
U researchers received an $8.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a six-year study that will examine the entire genome of the heart in hopes of finding the root causes of heart defects in children.
U scientists contributed to a large international research collaboration to work toward identifying the cause of autism.
If the Joker was ever hiding in a building waiting to blow up boatloads of people, U scientists could now use a preliminary version of Batman’s sonar technology to find him.
Scientists found a hominid skeleton that might be changing the theory of human evolution.
A U medical administrator with enough background to fill a book is on her way to a national library.
Two former members of the U’s cheer squad said their former coach unfairly rejected and mistreated them while accepting other applicants who did not meet the physical requirements.
U researchers were awarded $4.37 million in grants for funding to collaborate with the Utah Department of Health to help improve the communication and decision-making within the public health care setting.
The National Institutes of Health have awarded a U scientist for researching a potentially new effective treatment for heart disease.
Kathie Supiano always cared for those grieving for a deceased loved one, and now she’s being recognized for it.
Students are always told to reach for the stars, and U astronomy scholars won’t settle for less.
Kiki Temkin celebrated Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, with her family by eating dinner and attending the symphony. Spending the holiday with family during the new year celebration is the most important concept, said Temkin, the event and membership services coordinator at the Jewish Community Center across the street from the U.
By the time she was 5 years old, she had experienced her first six-hour seizure. On a daily basis, she will have about 150 seizures. Hansen considers it a miracle that now, at age 11, her daughter can even write her name because the frequency of the seizures impairs her ability to learn.
Excited over the findings in his work, he animatedly described the intricacies of all the genes splashed across the cover of the Journal of Pain that published his findings. The more a person exercises, the more a newly understood gene everyone has tells the body’s muscles they are too tired to keep working—some to a debilitating degree, he said.
U chemists are using the most out-of-this-world laboratory in the universe: the International Space Station.
U medical centers focus on incentives
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave 10 University Health Care Community clinics monetary incentives last year for participating in a four-year study. The study is designed to track the quality of care physicians give to patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes, coronary artery disease and heart failure.
U scientists are conducting research to create a more effective way to harness the power of Earth’s natural heat reservoirs. To do this, they have created a new technique to form cracks in rocks to create steam that produces energy.
The College of Nursing, in partnership with U Health Sciences Center and Caring Connections: A Hope and Comfort in Grief Program, released a reference guide to help those who are grieving deal with a sudden or unexpected death.
Having a severe skin disease is a lot like Neapolitan ice cream—at least, according to U researchers. Researchers at the U School of Medicine’s department of dermatology have identified three specific genetic variations that will increase the likelihood of a person developing psoriasis, a severe skin rash.
Researchers at the Huntsman Cancer Institute have discovered that cancerous cells need sugar and cutting it off can help fight the disease, findings that could lead to the development of new chemotherapy drugs.
U mathematicians have developed a new cloaking method that one day might be able to render objects invisible to radar and sonar.
Vaginal gel also protects against HIV
U scientists have developed a vaginal gel that would protect women from pregnancy and contracting HIV/AIDS.
Members of The ALSAM Foundation and the College of Pharmacy gathered to break ground on the new $69 million pharmacy college and research facility, the L.S. Skaggs Pharmacy Institute, even though all the funds to build it aren’t secured yet.
New research is giving patients with a degenerative brain disorder a hope that one day they might be able to delay their symptoms.
The opening of the new hospital wing marks a new era in patient care, the hospital’s number one priority. The expansion has allowed the hospital to become more patient-centered and helps to better serve the community with its Patient Care Pavilion, a wing with private rooms that better ensure their health and privacy, said U President Michael K. Young.
Marissa Saunders, a graduate chemistry student at the U, is one of 74 American students who were chosen to attend the prestigious 59th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings in Lindau, Germany. The meetings bring together doctoral students from around the world to meet and have a chance to interact with Nobel Prize winners from the past 50 years.
The six-year-long trials, which begin Sept. 1, will investigate whether or not inducing hypothermia in children will prevent or reduce the brain damage they might suffer from a lack of oxygen after they've had cardiac arrest.
Late childbirth might have more to do with a woman’s longevity than her environment.
U student a finalist for Regents spot
President Barack Obama’s plan to increase research funding has multiple U professors excited to see what could develop through an increase in federal grants.
Children born first, breeched or to women 35 years and older are at an increased risk of developing autism and other autistic disorders, according to a U study.
The senior in photography is one of 60 students in the department fighting to use 15 photo enlargers and other equipment for final projects outside of class time.
U researchers are collaborating to test a treatment for Lou Gehrig’s disease by funding human clinical trials.
With a rapidly changing society, university presidents are predicting changes in the future of higher education, especially with regards to federal regulations, the use of technology and college affordability.
To address sexual violence, people need to be willing to talk about it, said Alana Kindness, executive director of the Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
Sixth-grade students swarmed the U campus Thursday afternoon for Project Youth, a program encouraging elementary students to attend college in the coming years.
Lifting the ban on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research might improve millions of lives, but first it’s going to rejuvenate the U’s human genetics department.
Smith and other panelists discussed their experiences with the disabled community at the second annual Disability Studies Forum on Wednesday night.
At the final lecture in the “Memory and the Media” series hosted by the department of communication, Laurel Leff discussed how The Times coverage of the Holocaust affected how American citizens remembered the events.
At a forum on immigration in Utah and the United States held Friday, Charles Kuck, national president of the American Immigrations Lawyers Association, discussed the need for minority groups to come together to help fight the bill.
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