Can’t Quit Smoking? Maybe You Haven’t Gotten the Right Message
What kinds of text messages work best to help smokers quit? Wilmot is using an innovative approach and reaching out to diverse communities.
Research
First-Ever Lab Model of Human Eye Offers Hope for Macular Degeneration Patients
Researchers at the University of Rochester have developed the first 3D research model of the human retina to study age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a disease that causes loss of central vision.
Early Results Show Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Safe, Highly Effective in Adolescents
Interim study data released today show that the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is 100% effective in preventing infections in 12-15 year olds. The vaccine is currently approved for emergency use ...
ABCD Study MRIs reveal more incidental findings in children
New findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD) Study could change our understanding of the prevalence of neurological problems in children and how neuroimaging is used to ...
More than words: Using AI to map how the brain understands sentences
New research involving neuroimaging and A.I., describes the complex network within the brain that comprehends the meaning of a spoken sentence.
AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine is 100% Effective at Preventing Severe Disease
According to interim clinical trial results released today, the COVID vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is 100% effective at preventing severe COVID and 76% effective at ...
University of Rochester Medical Center to Participate in Pediatric COVID Vaccine Trials
The trials, which will begin in the Spring of 2021, will study the safety and efficacy of vaccination in children ages 6 months to 12 years.
Frailty in Cancer Patients, Young and Old, is Linked to Inflammation
Wilmot investigators discovered that frailty is linked to inflammation in cancer patients, and wonder if reducing inflammation prior to treatment will help patients live better and stronger.
New Coronavirus Vaccine Study Seeks to “Boost” Immune Response
URMC and RRH have begun a new clinical trial that will evaluate the safety and efficacy of a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. This study represents an important step in the ...
Lynne Maquat Awarded 2021 Wolf Prize in Medicine
The director of the Center for RNA Biology received the prestigious international honor for discoveries in RNA biology that have the potential to improve human lives.