All College of Medicine

Blood smear illustrating sickle cell anemia

August 16, 2016

UIC launches project to improve sickle cell outcomes in Chicago

New grant funds a six-year study to redesign the health care system

Bellur Prabhakar

August 8, 2016

Can diabetes be treated by blocking beta cells’ destruction?

A new therapy might mean fewer injections, associated risks

Neuron cell membrane structures include lipid rafts

July 28, 2016

Why do antidepressants take so long to work?

Researchers discover new binding site for SSRIs

Schweitzer Logo without Tagling

July 20, 2016

Eleven UIC students named Schweitzer fellows

524 Schweitzer Fellows have been named in Chicago since 1996

close-up of the iris of an eye

July 20, 2016

Clinical trial tests cord tissue to treat macular degeneration

Supporting surviving rod and cone cells

July 19, 2016

Abnormalities found in ‘insight’ areas of the brain in anorexia

Similar abnormalities in patients with body dysmorphic disorder

Dr. Ajay Maker

July 15, 2016

Adjuvant chemotherapy in early-stage colon cancer may improve survival

Stage 2 patients focus of large, retrospective study

Endothelial cells formed from stem cells treated with growth factors and glutamine withdraw form blood vessels.

June 23, 2016

Starving stem cells may enable scientists to build better blood vessels

Shift in metabolism pushes cells to differentiate

zinc oxide nanoparticles

April 27, 2016

Nanoparticles hold promise as double-edged sword against genital herpes

Particles may also prevent the spread of HIV

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