Health & Well-Being
Drug Discovery Partnership with AI Biotech Company Reaps Promising Early Results
At UConn Health, the technology is being used to pursue therapeutic treatments for strokes, for which there is “an urgent need for novel therapies that can move rapidly into clinical trials,” says Rajkumar Verma.
UConn and Foundation for Prader-Willi Research Create Stem Cell Biobank
The biobank will be able to supply induced-pluripotent stem cells for Prader-Willi syndrome to researchers throughout the world.
UConn Health Expands Robotic Surgery Capabilities
Dr. Eric Girard, a surgeon who specializes in colorectal surgery, says use of the new robot can translate to 'people feeling better faster and getting back to their families and their jobs sooner.'
Fighting the Opioid Epidemic With Data
UConn Health is part of a collaboration that aims to track crucial data and create an early warning system to alert the public to opioid overdoses.
Promising New Drugs for Old Pathogen TB
Pharmaceutical sciences researcher Dennis Wright is developing new ways for antifolate medications to target the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
New Mom Shea Ralph Chose UConn Health
In honor of National Doctors' Day this week, we spotlight the work of UConn Health's Ramzi Alkass.
New Therapy Targets Painful Side Effect of Cancer Treatment
Collaborators are close to replacing the 'sledge hammer' with a more precise and effective treatment option that doesn’t include risk of addiction or abuse.
Study: Brain Stem Cells Age Faster in MS Patients
The prematurely old cells act differently in the brain than normal ones, and could be the key to new treatments for the disease, say researchers.
UConn Dental Students Ready for Patients
Second-year dental students donned new white coats in a ceremony Friday to mark their transition to clinic-based learning.
Aging Immigrants Without Health Insurance at Higher Risk of Cardiovascular Disease
Fifty-four percent of recent immigrants, and 22 percent of long-term immigrants had no health insurance, says the study by NYU and UConn.