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Ҵý: University of Chicago Medical Center maintains streak with 27th “A” grade in hospital safety from Leapfrog Group
Released: 1-May-2025 9:05 AM EDT
University of Chicago Medical Center maintains streak with 27th “A” grade in hospital safety from Leapfrog Group
University of Chicago Medical Center

The Leapfrog Group has awarded the University of Chicago Medical Center its 27th consecutive “A” Hospital Safety Grade, making it one of only 11 hospitals nationwide and the only one in Chicago with the “Straight A” distinction.

Released: 28-Apr-2025 11:00 AM EDT
Community Resources Help Food-Insecure Kids Make Fewer ER Visits
University of Chicago Medical Center

CommunityRx-Hunger, a low-intensity program that “prescribes” a list of community social care resources during a child's hospital discharge, lowered emergency room visits for food-insecure families and potentially saved healthcare costs.

Released: 27-Apr-2025 6:05 PM EDT
Pretrained Machine Learning Models May Help Accurately Diagnose Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer in Resource-limited Settings
University of Chicago Medical Center

Artificial intelligence models, pretrained on vast datasets, significantly outperformed a standard baseline model in identifying nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC) from digital images of tissue samples, according to research presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, held April 25-30.

Ҵý: Rade Tomic, MD, Joins Uchicago Medicine as Medical Director for Lung Transplant
Released: 25-Apr-2025 7:25 PM EDT
Rade Tomic, MD, Joins Uchicago Medicine as Medical Director for Lung Transplant
University of Chicago Medical Center

Rade Tomic, MD, has joined UChicago Medicine as Professor and the Medical Director for Lung Transplant as of April 1, 2025. Tomic most recently served as Professor and Lung Transplant Program Medical Director for Northwestern University.

Released: 21-Apr-2025 10:50 AM EDT
Tumor Byproduct Blocks Immune Cells From Fighting Cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

A team of researchers from the University of Chicago, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, has identified a novel oncometabolite that accumulates in tumors and impairs immune cells' ability to fight cancer.

Released: 17-Apr-2025 10:30 AM EDT
Global Telemedicine Therapy for Dementia Shows Benefit
University of Chicago Medical Center

Clinical trial results indicate that people living with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and their communication partners benefit from remote speech language therapy.

Released: 3-Apr-2025 6:00 AM EDT
Understanding How Laughing Gas Can Fight Depression
University of Chicago Medical Center

New study helps explain the mechanisms by which nitrous oxide affects the brain, potentially offering insights that could help relieve treatment-resistant depression.

Ҵý: DNA Microscope Creates 3D Images of Organisms From the Inside Out
Released: 27-Mar-2025 6:00 AM EDT
DNA Microscope Creates 3D Images of Organisms From the Inside Out
University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division

UChicago researchers develop a new technology to create a spatial map of gene expression for an entire organism.

Ҵý: An Alternative to Knee Replacement Surgery? NIH-Funded Study Is Testing a Procedure for Osteoarthritis Knee Pain
Released: 25-Mar-2025 7:50 PM EDT
An Alternative to Knee Replacement Surgery? NIH-Funded Study Is Testing a Procedure for Osteoarthritis Knee Pain
University of Chicago Medical Center

UChicago Medicine received an NIH grant in September 2024 to continue studying how genicular artery embolization (GAE) can relieve osteoarthritis knee pain.

Released: 21-Mar-2025 6:25 PM EDT
Peacekeeper Cells Protect the Body From Autoimmunity During Infection
University of Chicago Medical Center

New research from the University of Chicago shows how a specially trained population of immune cells keeps the peace by preventing other immune cells from attacking their own.

Released: 20-Mar-2025 6:00 PM EDT
New Rules for the Game of Memory
University of Chicago Medical Center

New research from UChicago upends traditional views on how synaptic plasticity supports memory and learning.

Released: 19-Mar-2025 6:15 PM EDT
AI Helps Find Promising Therapeutic Target for Rare Salivary Gland Cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Researchers have uncovered a promising therapeutic target for adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), a rare cancer of the salivary glands with few treatment options. The study found that blocking the activity of protein arginine methyl transferase 5 (PRMT5) is a potential treatment strategy against ACC.

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Released: 19-Mar-2025 6:15 PM EDT
How Big Brains and Flexible Skulls Led to the Evolution of Modern Birds
University of Chicago Medical Center

3D modeling shows how larger brains triggered changes in jaw muscles and joint mechanics that powered a flexible feeding system for modern birds.

Released: 12-Mar-2025 7:40 PM EDT
Robert Haselkorn, Influential Researcher and Mentor in Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, 1934-2025
University of Chicago Medical Center

Haselkorn was widely known for his work on plant viral RNA, and was highly regarded for his teaching and mentoring with students.

Released: 6-Mar-2025 4:30 PM EST
Chemo-Immunotherapy Approach Shows Potential Benefit in Patients with Advanced HPV-Negative Head and Neck Cancer
University of Chicago Medical Center

Chemotherapy and immunotherapy followed by de-escalated chemoradiation showed increased survival and reduced side effects in aggressive head and neck cancers that are not associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, according to a new study.

Released: 4-Mar-2025 7:05 PM EST
Pair of Studies Identify Promising New Treatments for Ulcerative Colitis
University of Chicago Medical Center

Two new drugs offer chance for patients who don’t respond to existing treatments to break through the “therapeutic ceiling” for ulcerative colitis.

Released: 3-Mar-2025 7:45 PM EST
UChicago names Jeffrey Rathmell, PhD, as Chair of the Ben May Department for Cancer Research
University of Chicago Medical Center

Rathmell, a pioneer in immune and cancer cell metabolism research, has been named Chair of the Ben May Department for Cancer Research and Director of the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research at the University of Chicago, effective July 1, 2025.

Released: 27-Feb-2025 7:10 PM EST
New X-Ray Technology Captures Proteins in Motion
University of Chicago Medical Center

Researchers at UChicago, Argonne, and Harvard perfected a new technique for creating experimental movies of proteins in action.



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