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Health Lab
4 times you might need an ultrasound and didn’t know
An article about ultrasounds and in what situations to use them in, provided by radiologists.
Health Lab
Rare neuromuscular condition doesn’t stop teen from track & field dream
Michigan teen Jake Juip becomes 100-meter Michigan state high school champion in adaptive track and field race using adaptive equipment designed to meet the needs of his rare neuromuscular condition.
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An ultrasound-activated hydrogel for steady, sustained drug delivery
Researchers have developed a new composite hydrogel capable of achieving sustained, zero-order drug release using ultrasound as a trigger.
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Histotripsy liver tumor trial successful, early clinical adoption recommended
The #HOPE4LIVER trials, testing the safety efficacy of histotripsy as a treatment for primary and metastatic liver tumors, met its goals for technical success and safety. An expert explains more about it in this article.
New Medical School Distinguished University Professors Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., and Mark A. Fessler, Ph.D.
Medical School News
Two faculty with Medical School ties named distinguished university professors
The Board of Regents approved the appointments July 18 for Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Roger D. Cone, Ph.D., and Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering Jeffrey A. Fessler, Ph.D., to one of U-M’s most prestigious honors: the Distinguished University Professorship (DUP).
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News Release
U-M has 14 top 10 medical education programs in latest Doximity Residency Navigator
The 2024-25 Doximity Residency Navigator has been released. It shows that U-M has six top 5 medical education programs, with nine more in the top 10 and another nine in the top 25.
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Health Lab
New drug candidate blocks resistance to cancer therapies
A team of researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center has designed a molecule that impairs signaling mediated by two key drivers of cancer therapy resistance.
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News Release
U-M Health ranked among nation’s best in more specialties than any other Michigan hospital by U.S. News & World Report
University of Michigan Health ranks among the nation’s best hospitals in more specialties than any other Michigan hospital, according to U.S. News and World Report’s Best Hospitals Rankings for 2024-2025.
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Properly treating, and recovering, from pediatric sports injuries
A kid's orthopaedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist gives parents tips to make sure their children get the care they need when injured and have an effective recovery.
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Health Lab
Live donor cartilage allows musician to return to the stage
A musician receives live donor cartilage that changes her life.
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The Fundamentals
If they don't give up, how can I give up?
Today on The Fundamentals is Dr. Maria Castro, the R.C. Schneider collegiate professor of neurosurgery, and a professor of cell and developmental biology at the University of Michigan Medical School. Her research program aims to develop immunotherapies for primary and metastatic brain cancer, studying basic immune biology mechanisms leading to clinical implementation. She has been inducted into the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, the Latin American Academy of Sciences, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows. She has won numerous awards for her contributions to basic science and cancer research and is a diversity ambassador for the Cancer Biology Graduate Training Program. You can learn more about Dr. Castro here, and you can follow her @castro2355_mg, the Rogel Cancer Center @UMRogelCancer, the department of neurosurgery @umichneuro, Michigan Neurscience Institute @UM_MNI and the department of cell and developmental biology @UMCDB on X
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Health Lab
More oversight of donated tissue products urgently needed, say experts and Michigan policymakers
A JAMA viewpoint outlines the tragic story of Shandra Eisenga, a patient who received spine surgery for back pain only to inexplicably contract tuberculosis.
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Medical School News
Six receive Graduate Medical Education Awards for 2024
Four faculty and two staff members from the departments of Anesthesiology, Neurology, Radiology and Surgery, and the Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME), are recipients of GME Awards for 2024
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Health Lab
New device can treat injury from sepsis
The FDA approved the use of a therapeutic device invented and developed at the University of Michigan for use in children with acute kidney injury and sepsis or a septic condition requiring continuous kidney replacement therapy.
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Health Lab
Lipid mediator Maresin 1 helps improve muscle regeneration
How lipid mediators -- potent regulators of the immune response after an injury -- varied with the acute loss of a large volume of skeletal muscle, also known as volumetric muscle loss (VML) is the focus of new research from the University of Michigan.