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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.

Researchers at UConn Health have shown how a mutated gene causes excess bone resorption in a rare bone disease known as Lehman Syndrome. (Jungeun Yu/UConn Photo)

When More Bone-making Cells Equal Less Bone

Researchers at UConn Health have shown how a mutated gene causes excess bone resorption in a rare bone disease known as Lehman Syndrome.

Men working at a chemical plant carrying barrels with toxic products. (Getty Images)

Labor Day Report: Occupational Illnesses Remain High in Connecticut

The report shows that the rate of occupational illness in Connecticut is 6 percent higher than the national average.

Cancer cells tend to hoard iron, and researchers at UConn Health have found that iron may be playing a critical role in fueling the cells' growth through increased fatty acid synthesis. (Yesenia Carrero/UConn Illustration)

Ovarian Cancer Cells Hoard Iron to Fuel Growth

Researchers at UConn Health have found that iron may be playing a critical role in increased fatty acid synthesis in cancer.

Dewayne Johnson, who used Roundup in his job as groundskeeper and later developed non-Hodgkin lymphoma, has been awarded $289 million in damages. (AP Photo via The Conversation)

Jury finds Monsanto Liable in the first Roundup Cancer Trial – Here’s What Could Happen Next

A UConn Health professor with experience of trying to help figure out why people get cancer discusses implications of the Roundup verdict.

A black father kisses the forehead of his newborn son. (Ariel Skelley/Getty Images)

Bridging the Health Care Gap

'Boys and men of color in our nation are uniquely underserved across a number of health indicators,' says Wizdom Powell, director of the Health Disparities Institute at UConn Health.

UConn Health's new hybrid operating room.

UConn Health’s Hybrid OR Expands Surgical Capabilities

The new 1,200-square-foot, high-tech operating room allows surgeons to perform a range of procedures in one setting.

Syringes scattered on a litter strewn pavement. (Getty Images)

Op-ed: I See What Heroin Does. Let People Shoot Up Safely

An emergency medical services coordinator at UConn John Dempsey Hospital, and paramedic in Hartford, explains why he advocates the safe-house model for heroin users.

PIE Fellow Khushbu Patel, a biology major at Southern Connecticut State University, presents her summer research findings. Her research mentor was UConn Health's Zeeshan Ahmed, assistant professor of genetics. (Lauren Woods/UConn Health Photo)

Connecticut Student Researchers Shine at UConn Health

You are 'at the heart of the state’s future bioscience ecosystem,' keynote speaker Susan Froshauer told students participating in a new innovation program headed by UConn Health's Caroline Dealy, during the Aug. 1 event.