This is one of my favorite stories: Our M. Mitchell Smith built an amazingly powerful microscope, piece by piece, and now he and collaborator Dean H. Kedes have used it to reveal how a cancer-causing virus attaches itself to our DNA. That knowledge could let scientists figure out how to…
This was Donate Life Week at the School of Medicine, and we had a weeklong series of events recognizing April as Donate Life Month. As part of that, our popular therapy dogs, who regularly visit with patients to lift their spirits, came out for a special organ donation event. The…
Here's a well-earned recognition: Our Daniel "Trey" Lee's pioneering work in battling pediatric leukemia has been honored as one of 2017’s top 10 Clinical Research Achievements by the Clinical Research Forum. Dr. Lee’s research weaponizes immune cells, known as T cells, in pediatric and young adult clinical trial participants to…
Congratulations to Richard Baylis, an MD/PhD student in Dr. Gary Owens' lab, for being selected to attend the 2018 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in June in Germany. This is quite a prestigious honor, and Baylis will be in most prestigious company: More than 40 Nobel laureates are expected to attend,…
Here's a short video on our multiple sclerosis clinic and research program. It's just a quick dive and doesn't really tackle the breadth of the research we have under way, but it will let you meet some of the folks who are doing this important work. One notable detail: We're…
One day you enjoy a hamburger with no problem and the next time you eat one you have a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. Scary stuff, huh? This is the meat allergy, one of our discoveries that attracts perpetual interest. Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills, the chief of our Division of Allergy…