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Research Headlines
Statins Have Unexpected Effect on Pool of Powerful Brain Cells
 July 03, 2008
Cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins have a profound effect on an elite group of cells important to brain health as we age, scientists at the Medical Center have found. The new findings shed light on a long-debated potential role for statins in the area of dementia. |
New Approach to HIV Vaccine Research Taps Rochester Expertise
June 27, 2008
A new national effort to create a vaccine against HIV will include work by a University of Rochester Medical Center rheumatologist who is an expert on a portion of the immune system that has sometimes gotten short shrift in the fight against HIV. |
Hurried Doctor Visits May Leave Patients Feeling Forgetful
 June 26, 2008
Have you ever been whisked through a doctor’s visit, and afterward were unable to remember what the doctor said? A University of Rochester Medical Center study disclosed that doctors don’t often take the steps necessary to help patients recall medical instructions. |
Pregnancy May Help Protect Against Bladder Cancer
 June 26, 2008
Pregnancy seems to confer some protection against bladder cancer in mice, scientists have found. Female mice that had never become pregnant had approximately 15 times as much cancer in their bladders as their counterparts that had become pregnant, according to new findings by investigators at the University of Rochester Medical Center. |
Center For Oral Biology Researcher Receives Prestigious National Research Award
 June 25, 2008
Director of the Center for Oral Biology at the University of Rochester James E. Melvin, D.D.S., Ph.D., has won the 2008 Salivary Research Award from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). |
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