Patients who experience this condition following the Fontan continue to have a high risk of death from the time they’re waitlisted for a new heart through receiving the transplant, according to a 20-center study led by Michigan Medicine. And one specific complication called cyanosis – or experiencing less than normal oxygen blood levels – was associated with worsened survival.

The vast majority of people who have a minimally invasive heart valve replacement procedure do not participate in recommended cardiac rehabilitation, a Michigan Medicine-led study finds.

For the first time in more than 20 years, dozens of pediatric cardiologists, surgeons and other health professionals have come together to develop new guidelines intended to improve heart surgery care for this population of children and teens.

Congratulations and best wishes to Ruthann Nichols, PhD, Associate Professor Emerita of Biological Chemistry.

A sculpture by researcher Jean-Marc Fontaine is in the Michigan Medicine Employee Art Exhibition.

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Trainee Awards! The awardees were recognized at the Biological Chemistry Department Retreat at the Maumee Bay Lodge & Conference Center in September.

The Cheng lab published a research article in Nature Immunology.

The University of Michigan researchers found some bacteria ship cellular cargo by “surfing” along proteins called ParA/MinD ATPases

Nineteen new students are joining the Department of Biological Chemistry in 2023–24.

The perspective "Insights and Strategies for Improving Equity in Graduate School Admissions" by U-M Biological Chemistry PhD student Anibal Tornes Blanco and team members at Científico Latino has been published in Cell.

Researchers in the laboratory of Ruma Banerjee have published two new papers in quick succession.

Brittany Bowman, Ph.D., and Stefanie Galban, Ph.D., have received awards from the Endowment for Basic Science.

The Mobile Monitoring Transformation Project, supported by the Sickbay Clinical Platform will allow care team members to access data from cardiac monitors and all connected bedside devices on workstations, PCs, phones and tablets. The new web-based technology will transform bedside care and greatly enhance collaboration among care team members. A pilot was run last year, and units in different buildings will begin using the new technology this week, with a larger rollout planned.

Ruma Banerjee, PhD, will lead the basic biomedical research cluster of M-PACT, a new program to increase faculty diversity.

Alex Missman has been awarded a position in the Chemistry Biology Interface Training Program.