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The UConn-Wesleyan Stem Cell Core aims to advance stem cell research throughout the state. (Lanny Nagler for UConn Health)

UConn-Wesleyan Stem Cell Core: Past, Present, and Future

Established in 2006, the UConn-Wesley Stem Cell Core aims to advance stem cell research throughout the state.

Conceptual image of salmonella typhi causing typhoid. (Getty Images)

T Cells That Stay Put Could Be Key to a Better Salmonella Vaccine

UConn and UC Davis researchers announced a breakthrough in understanding which cells protect against Salmonella – a critical step in developing a better vaccine against the often deadly bacterium.

Giant billboard for meta beer in Ethiopia.. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Art in All of Us/Corbis via Getty Images)

Alcohol Industry Health Campaigns Miss the Mark by a Long Shot

The public health benefits from alcohol industry-led health campaigns are likely to be minimal, but the public relations benefits substantial, says a new UConn Health study.

Suicide Risk Higher Among Older Vets Who Were in Jail

Veterans released from prison are five times as likely to attempt suicide as their peers who have never been incarcerated, according to a study by UConn Health researchers.

Digitalis lanata, the woolly foxglove, is the source of digoxin, a medication long used to treat heart conditions that has now been found to have potential for treating medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children. (Michael Wolf via Wikimedia Commons)

Old Drug, New Hope for Pediatric Brain Cancer

Researchers from JAX, Connecticut Children's Hospital, and UConn Health have identified several drugs used against other diseases that also have the potential to fight the most common form of childhood brain cancer.

Timothy Folta, professor of management, leads a class at the Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford. (Peter Morenus/UConn File Photo)

Industry-Academic Program to Grow Entrepreneurial Know-How

The new program will provide aspiring entrepreneurs working as academic or industry researchers with customized training to help turn their technologies into businesses and products.

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Calm the Immune System, Halt Premature Birth

UConn Health researchers found that a drug that blocks the cytokine GM-CSF may reduce the number of preterm births.

Riley Blumenfield, a materials science and engineering student, discovered her passion for research thanks to Research Connections, an annual networking event for students and faculty. (Carson Stifel/UConn Photo)

Making Research Connections at UConn

Riley Blumenfield, a materials science and engineering student, Honors Program STEM scholar, and president of engineering sorority Phi Sigma Rho came to UConn knowing she wanted to be involved with research, but she didn’t know where to start. After attending an annual event to expose undergrads to a host of opportunities, she not only found […]

The DNA receptor (green) is bound to DNA (blue) inside immune cells (macrophages) (cell membrane colored pink) during infection. (Image courtesy of the Rathinam Lab)

Cell Death Protein also Damps Inflammation

A new study by UConn Health researchers shows how the body keeps inflammation in check, making double use of a protein previously thought to be responsible only for cell death.

Dividing fibrosarcoma cells. Colored scanning electron micrograph of fibrosarcoma (fibroblastic sarcoma) cells in the late telophase stage of mitosis. The cells are covered in many filopodia. Fibrosarcoma is a malignant tumour derived from fibrous connective tissue of the bone and characterized by immature proliferating fibroblasts or undifferentiated anaplastic spindle cells. (Getty Images)

Stopping the Resistance of Cancer Cells to Treatment

UConn researchers have discovered molecules that could make cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy.