Susanne Pallo

Research

Black Patients Less Likely to Get Minimally Invasive Heart Surgery, More Likely to Die

• Dec. 20, 2022

Minimally invasive heart surgeries carry less risk and have shorter recovery times, but a new study led by URMC researchers shows that Black patients have less access to these procedures and are more ...

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Banning Fruity Flavors Did Not Deter Vapers

• Nov. 30, 2022

A new study shows that most adult vapers did not quit in response to the 2020 FDA flavored e-cig ban – with most people switching to flavors or types of e-cigs not covered by the ban. Study authors ...

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Personalized Immune Therapy Extended Survival in Patients with Aggressive Brain Cancer

• Nov. 21, 2022

A phase III clinical trial of the DCVax®-L cancer vaccine, conducted at the Wilmot Cancer Institute and other centers internationally, has shown the first meaningful survival extension for patients ...

Patient Care

A Lump in the Night: A Breast Cancer Cautionary Tale

• Oct. 20, 2022

After putting off getting a mammogram for six years, Angelica Perez-Delgado, president and CEO of the Ibero-American Action League, found a lump in her breast in the middle of the night. Now, she’s a ...

Patient Care

Miracle Kids 2022: Abigail “Abby” Quinn

• Jun. 7, 2022

Abby Quinn was a perfectly healthy 13-year-old, making TikTok dance videos and playing multiple sports, when a simple cold landed her in the hospital in June of 2021. That cold, as it turned out, ...

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Researchers Draw More Links between Vaping, Smoking, Young People, and Coronavirus

• Sep. 9, 2020

Vapers, smokers, and non-smokers with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure or diabetes are all at higher risk for contracting COVID-19. The scientific explanation behind this is complex and ...

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URMC Study Tests if COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Can Treat, Prevent Infection

• Jul. 23, 2020

URMC is joining two national clinical trials testing whether transfusions of plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients (also called convalescent plasma) can prevent infection in healthy volunteers or ...

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URMC Receives $24 Million to Translate Research Discoveries into Health Improvements

• Jul. 21, 2020

URMC has been awarded another $24.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue efforts to translate scientific discoveries into therapies that improve health. This is the fourth ...

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Coordinating Coronavirus Research: Creating Options for Our Sickest COVID-19 Patients

• Jul. 14, 2020

Since COVID-19 hit Rochester in March of 2020, a team of University of Rochester Medical Center clinicians and researchers has mobilized to bring the most promising clinical trials - that address the ...

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URMC Launches Clinical Trials to Test Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 Patients

• Jun. 2, 2020

A pair of national clinical trials testing whether hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), an FDA-approved anti-malarial drug, can keep COVID-19 patients alive and out of the hospital were halted on June 19, 2020. ...

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Roswell Park and URMC to Create $19 Million Research Program Focused on Flavored Tobacco

• Sep. 21, 2018

The grant will unite teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Rochester Medical Center in an effort to better document and understand one of the fastest-growing ...

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Martin Zand to Lead Clinical Research at URMC

• Jul. 30, 2018

Newly appointed Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Research Martin Zand, M.D., Ph.D., hopes to increase the number of high-impact clinical trials at the Medical Center, providing more opportunities ...

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Fracking the Immune System

• Apr. 30, 2018

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are the first to report links between early life exposure to chemicals in ground water near fracking sites and immune system imbalances in ...

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The Bugs in Your Gut Could Make You Weak in the Knees

• Apr. 19, 2018

Scientists have long thought that osteoarthritis in people who are obese was a consequence of excess wear and tear on joints, but a new study in JCI Insight shows that the microbiome may be the ...

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HPV May Lurk In Your Throat

• Jan. 31, 2018

URMC researchers found human papilloma virus (HPV), the culprit behind cervical and head and neck cancers, hiding in small pockets on the surface of tonsils. They believe HPV may evade the immune ...

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URMC Professor Emeritus and Pioneer of Neurotoxicology Dies at 92

• Jan. 23, 2018

Bernard “Bernie” Weiss, ’53 (Ph.D.) was a monumental and beloved figure in the scientific community. He helped found the field of behavioral toxicology and was a defining presence in the URMC ...

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URMC Awarded Nearly $6 Million to Study Deadly Bone Infections

• Nov. 6, 2017

The team, in the Center for Musculoskeletal Research, will study how a deadly bacteria gets into bone and how patients’ immune responses to the bug can actually make them sicker and more likely to ...

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University of Rochester Awarded $19 Million to Coordinate National Clinical and Translational Science Program

• Jul. 26, 2017

With this new funding from the NIH, the university will create a new coordinating center for the Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program. The new Center for Leading Innovation and ...

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URMC Taps Paige Lawrence, Ph.D., to Lead the Department of Environmental Medicine

• Jul. 25, 2017

B. Paige Lawrence, Ph.D., a faculty member in the Department of Environmental Medicine for 11 years, will replace Deborah Cory-Slechta as chair of the department as of August 1. Lawrence will also ...

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Stem Cells May Be the Key to Staying Strong in Old Age

• Jun. 6, 2017

A new URMC study, performed in mice, could lead to new approaches to help people stay stronger in old age. The study challenges conventional wisdom with results suggesting that loss of muscle stem ...

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Retraining the Brain to See After Stroke

• Apr. 12, 2017

A new study out today in Neurology, provides the first evidence that rigorous visual training restores rudimentary sight in patients who went partially blind after suffering a stroke. Patients who ...

Community

Commentary on Stem Cell Therapies: If You’re Asked to Pay, Walk Away

• Mar. 15, 2017

Retinal specialist Ajay E. Kuriyan, M.D., M.S., warns patients to be wary of stem cell clinics offering unproven therapies for a profit. Kuriyan personally encountered several patients who were ...

Research

A Closer Look at the Eye: Researchers Develop New Retinal Imaging Technique

• Jan. 2, 2017

URMC researchers have developed a new imaging technique that allowed the first glimpse of individual cells in the retina, a layer of tissue at the back of the eye. The new technique could allow ...

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Repurposed Drug May Offer Diagnosis, Treatment for Traumatic Nerve Damage

• Nov. 14, 2016

A new study in EMBO Molecular Medicine shows that a multiple sclerosis drug can accelerate nerve repair and functional recovery after traumatic nerve injury in mice. The drug repaired myelin and ...

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URMC Researchers Discover Rare Flu-Thwarting Mutation

• Sep. 28, 2016

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have identified a rare, naturally occurring influenza mutation that weakens the virus and could be used to develop new live flu vaccines. ...

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$19M Grant Will Help URMC Speed Medical Advances to Patients

• Aug. 10, 2016

The University of Rochester Medical Center has been awarded more than $19 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue programs that remove hurdles in the process of applying ...

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The Heart-Brain Connection: The Link Between LQTS and Seizures

• Jul. 28, 2016

Patients carrying certain mutations that cause Long QT Syndrome, a rare cardiac rhythm disorder, have an increased risk for developing seizures and have more severe cardiac symptoms, according to a ...

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New Bone Chewing Role for B Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Apr. 13, 2016

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have uncovered a new mechanism of bone erosion and a possible biomarker for rheumatoid arthritis. The group is the first to demonstrate that immune ...

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Omega 3 Fatty Acids May Reduce Bacterial Lung Infections Associated with COPD

• Mar. 14, 2016

Compounds derived from omega-3 fatty acids – like those found in salmon – might be the key to helping the body combat lung infections, according to researchers at the University of Rochester School ...

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Commentary: Improving Newborn Screenings and Care for Rare Diseases

• Mar. 3, 2016

A University of Rochester-sponsored international conference aimed at improving the current system of screening newborns for rare diseases starts today. The event, which was organized by a URMC child ...

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City of Rochester Will Light Up Red for World AIDS Day

• Nov. 30, 2015

Rochester will join cities around the globe when it lights up red on December 1 to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS. This is the first year Rochester will participate in this event since the beginning of ...

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Study: Extreme Preemies Have a Better Chance of Survival Today

• Sep. 22, 2015

Extremely premature infants born between 23 and 28 weeks of pregnancy are more likely to survive and are healthier after birth today than they were 20 years ago.