Mirror life
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Synthetic mirror-image bacteria could be a boon to drug development—but could also interact with the environment in unpredictable and potentially dangerous ways.
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Bob Carter named senior vice president for health sciences
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Carter will manage both the academic and research enterprises at U of U Health, with its nearly $500 million research portfolio across five schools and colleges and a health sciences library.
Read MoreDiscovery of gene linked to high-altitude adaptation may transform blood cancer care
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The indigenous Aymara people of the Andes have a gene variant that is associated with better outcomes for various blood diseases.
Read MoreAnti-HIV drug U biochemist helped developed named Breakthrough of the Year
Wesley Sundquist conducted basic research that led to the drug lenacapavir, “a pivotal step toward diminishing HIV/AIDS as a global health crisis”
Read MoreNew gene therapy reverses heart failure in large animal model
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It remains to be seen if it will work for people who have picked up a natural immunity to the virus that carries the therapy.
Read MoreSeasonal Affective Disorder and U
The added stress of the season may make even simple tasks feel burdensome and exhausting.
Read MoreIs ozone pollution harming unborn children?
Interdisciplinary research documents a link between prenatal exposures in Utah and increased risk of intellectual disability.
Read MoreStroke patients may benefit from virtual rehab
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Stroke care is expensive, and telerehabilitation may give patients better results and be cheaper than the usual therapy they’d receive in a clinical setting.
Read MoreSeemingly ‘broken’ coronavirus genes may be essential for viral survival
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U geneticists are trying to find out why ‘accessory’ genes that don’t produce a working protein persist in coronavirus genome. They must be doing something vital, but what?
Read MoreBlood clot study could help astronauts—and Earthlings
Astronauts have a higher risk of blood clots. To learn why, scientists are sending blood cells to the International Space Station.
Read MoreLong COVID clinic marks 3 years of work
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The impacts from the virus are so widespread that as many as 50 symptoms have been identified.
Read MoreU celebrates pathfinders at 2nd annual Innovation Awards
Researchers across campus strive to transform their academic research into marketable, impactful products.
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