Brilliant! Wilmot Researcher Makes Popular Science Magazine's List of Game Changers
Popular Science magazine has named Michael Giacomelli, Ph.D., a member of the Wilmot Cancer Institute, to its "Brilliant 10" list for 2021.
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New Dialogue Issue Spotlights the People, Teams, Behind the Scenes that Help Wilmot Succeed
Read the 2021 edition of Dialogue, a magazine for community supporters of the Wilmot Cancer Institute. Filled with inspiring stories about patients and the talented people who work at Wilmot.
Building on Prior Research, Wilmot Makes Progress on Vexing Liver Cancer
New data provide a roadmap for targeting rare liver tumors with immunotherapy.
Endocrinology fellow receives prestigious award to pursue IDD research
Carlos Diaz-Balzac, M.D., Ph.D., an endocrinology fellow, was recently awarded The Career Award for Medical Scientists (CAMS) from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
Dry Mouth and Medication - EIOH to Study the Connection
Dry mouth can lead to problems with oral health, speaking, swallowing and infection. A new study awarded to Eastman Institute for Oral Health will help identify high-risk patients to help prevent ...
Lessons from COVID: URMC, RGH Launch Clinical Trials to Test mRNA Flu Vaccine
Researchers at URMC and RGH are joining a clinical trial today to test a new Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA flu vaccine that mimics the technology used in their highly effective, FDA-approved COVID vaccine.
The memory changes of menopause
Menopause can mess with your memory, and a new study from the University of Rochester Medical Center has identified four profiles of cognitive function that may help researchers understand why memory ...
Fracking Comes at the Expense of Water Quality
In a perspective piece that appears in the journal Science, Elaine Hill, Ph.D., calls for tighter regulation and monitoring of fracking as more evidence points to the negative health consequences of ...
Appetite for survival: Brain signal alerts roundworms to changing food supply
Microscopic roundworms may hold the key to understanding what is happening in the brain when the instinct of an animal changes in order to survive.
FDA Grants Full Approval to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine
The federal Food and Drug Administration today granted full approval to the COVID vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech for people 16 and older, making it the first to move beyond emergency use ...