October 10, 2012
Moving research from lab to marketOnce researchers have discovered a way to turn basic science into a potentially viable commercial product, they have to actually develop the product.
October 10, 2012
Developing a blood test for heart failureSamuel Dudley is developing a diagnostic blood test that could help save the lives of patients who come to the ER with heart failure.
October 10, 2012
An alternative to colonoscopyToo many people refuse screenings for colorectal cancer because the tests are uncomfortable and costly. Xavier Llor has a better idea.
October 10, 2012
Targeting liver disease with gene therapyThere’s no treatment for liver fibrosis, a disease that kills about 29,000 Americans each year. Hayat Onyuksel and her team of researchers are working to change that.
October 10, 2012
Professor wins top 2012 global awardJames Ho, professor of information and decision sciences, was named Best Professor in Information Systems at the 2012 World Education Congress Global Awards.
October 10, 2012
Low wages“Competing for low wages is not good for American workers, is not good for consumers or companies either, although there is some benefit in the short term.”
October 9, 2012
Simple Test May Ease Management of Eosinophilic EsophagitisA simple new test, in which the patient swallows a string, can monitor treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis as effectively as an invasive, expensive and uncomfortable procedure that risks complications, particularly in children.
October 4, 2012
UIC Conference Marks 250th Anniversary of Rousseau’s Social ContractThree centuries of human rights theory and practice around the world will be examined and discussed by top scholars and social justice activists at a conference Oct. 17-19 hosted by the University of Illinois at Chicago.
October 3, 2012
UIC Helps Chicago Launch Groundbreaking Budget Process by and for Ward ResidentsBeginning this year, four Chicago wards will undertake “participatory budgeting,” a process used by only two other U.S. cities. Ward residents will be empowered to decide directly how to spend $4 million in taxpayer dollars. The University of Illinois at Chicago’s Great Cities Institute will help coordinate the process.
October 3, 2012
Open House at New Mile Square Englewood ClinicThe University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System is celebrating the newest addition to the Mile Square federally qualified health center network, the Englewood Clinic, with an open house and tour on Oct. 4.