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MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) bacteria. (SCIEPRO/Getty Images)

UConn Researchers Kill MRSA with Tailored Chemistry

UConn medicinal chemists have developed experimental antibiotics that kill the often deadly bacteria MRSA.

Royce Mohan (seated) and Paola Bargagna-Mohan are part of a team of UConn researchers developing an imaging technique that will signal problems in blood vessels near the eye that could lead to vision loss. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Eyeing Early Detection of Precursor to Blindness

UConn scientists are working with a biomarker to enable earlier detection of a condition that leads to age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the U.S.

Video game controller. (Shutterstock Photo)

This Holiday Season, Think Twice Before Gifting Video Games

'The last thing you want to do is feed a child’s addiction with more games,' says UConn Health addiction expert Nancy Petry.

Lung cancer patient Michel Gueret, left, with his oncologist at UConn Health, Dr. Jeffrey Wasser. (Janine Gelineau/UConn Health Photo)

Advanced Lung Cancer Knocked Out in Clinical Trial

Advanced lung cancer patient Michel Gueret had a life expectancy of less than a year at the time of diagnosis. After participating in an immunotherapy clinical trial at UConn Health, he now has no more lung cancer symptoms.

Chemistry Ph.D. student Islam Mosa holds an ultrathin implantable bioelectronic device he developed that is powered by a novel supercapacitor capable of generating enough power to sustain a cardiac pacemaker. It is more biocompatible and lasts much longer than existing pacemaker batteries. (Photo courtesy Islam Mosa)

Innovative Device Could Offer New Hope for Heart Patients

A UConn graduate student is developing a new micro-scale power source that is significantly smaller and more efficient than the batteries used in most cardiac pacemakers today.

Pramod Srivastava (left), director of the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at UConn Health, oversees students Nandini Acharya (foreground) and Stephanie Floyd in his lab. (Carolyn Pennington/UConn Health Photo)

Divining Tumor Markers from DNA

UConn Health researchers are part of a cutting-edge initiative to discover cancer markers known as neoantigens, that will further the search for cancer immunotherapies.

Dr. Phillip P. Smith is conducting research on the connection between the human brain and its regulation of the bladder as we age. (Shutterstock Photo)

Mind Over Bladder: The Brain-Organ Connection

UConn Health's Dr. Phillip P. Smith is conducting research on the brain's connection with bladder function as we age.

Worried woman setting the table for a celebration. (ASIFE, Getty Images)

Coping Through Holiday Season Anxiety

A UConn Health psychiatrist offers tips for getting through potentially stressful holiday activities, including family get-togethers and post-election debates.

Four UConn professors have been named Fellows of the AAAS. Clockwise from top left: Mike Willig, Jonathan Bobaljik, David Benson, and Arthur Hand.

Four UConn Professors Named AAAS Fellows

The professors are being recognized for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.

Structures called 'Terasaki ramps,' consisting of stacked sheets connected by helical ramps, have been found in cell cytoplasm (left) and neutron stars (right). The original structures were first identified by UConn Health cell biologist Mark Terasaki. (University of California, Santa Barbara Photo)

Of Parking Garages, Nuclear Pasta, and Cosmic Connections

A unique cellular structure named after a UConn professor may also exist in the outer crust of neutron stars thousands of light-years away. Physicists are trying to figure out why.