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Young organ donor advocate gets new kidney, so he ?can be a real boy?

U-M Medical School - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 14:20
After about a 4-year wait, years of dialysis treatments and 65 surgeries, Jai?Wan Davis-Harbour received a successful kidney transplant at C.S. Mott Children?s Hospital. Because of a generous organ donor, Jai?Wan, 11, got a second chance at life.
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Calling all cars: U-M takes center stage in safe transportation

UMich News Service - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 11:31

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute will begin equipping safety technology on vehicles that will allow them to send and receive messages—messages that someday ...

'Fertilizing' bone marrow helps answer why some cancers spread to bones

UMich News Service - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 09:36

Researchers found that administering a common chemotherapy drug before bone tumors took root actually fertilized the bone marrow, enabling cancer cells to seed and grow ...

At outset of careers, medical students already concerned about workloads, U-M study shows

Health Care Quality - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 08:00
U-M study finds that as future doctors prepare for their careers, many have negative views of their potential day-to-day work lives.
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At outset of careers, medical students already concerned about workloads, U-M study shows

U-M study finds that as future doctors prepare for their careers, many have negative views of their potential day-to-day work lives.
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At outset of careers, medical students already concerned about workloads, U-M study shows

All Research News - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 08:00
U-M study finds that as future doctors prepare for their careers, many have negative views of their potential day-to-day work lives.
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At outset of careers, medical students already concerned about workloads, U-M study shows

U-M Medical School - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 08:00
U-M study finds that as future doctors prepare for their careers, many have negative views of their potential day-to-day work lives.
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New inflammation hormone link may pave way to study new drugs for type 2 diabetes

U-M Medical School - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 00:00
A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found.
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New inflammation hormone link may pave way to study new drugs for type 2 diabetes

Basic Science and Laboratory Research - Tue, 05/15/2012 - 00:00
A new link between obesity and type 2 diabetes found in mice could open the door to exploring new potential drug treatments for diabetes, University of Michigan Health System research has found.
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U-M Board of Regents meeting May 17 in Dearborn

UMich News Service - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 15:53

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—The University of Michigan Board of Regents will have its monthly meeting at 3 p.m. May 17 at the Fairlane Center, UM-Dearborn campus.

Dance performance in four sites along downtown Ann Arbor route

UMich News Service - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 14:55

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 7 p.m. each night June 7-9, 2012.

EVENT: "Corsets, Grains, & Greenways: Dancing Downtown Ann Arbor"

Consider this a case of how dancers make a ...

Educational reform in China topic of public lecture

UMich News Service - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 12:12

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 4 p.m. May 22, 2012

EVENT: Gong Ke, head of the delegation and president of Nankai University, will present a public lecture, China's Higher ...

Pay-to-play sports keeping lower-income kids out of the game

All Research News - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 00:00
Pay-to-play fees have forced kids in lower-income families to the sidelines, according to a new poll that found nearly one in five lower-income parents report their children are participating less in school sports.
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Pay-to-play sports keeping lower-income kids out of the game

U-M Medical School - Mon, 05/14/2012 - 00:00
Pay-to-play fees have forced kids in lower-income families to the sidelines, according to a new poll that found nearly one in five lower-income parents report their children are participating less in school sports.
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New twist on ancient math problem could improve medicine, microelectronics

UMich News Service - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 14:41

A hidden facet of a math problem that goes back to Sanskrit scrolls has just been exposed by nanotechnology researchers at the University of Michigan ...

"Gut"-throat competition: U-M research on digestive tract bacteria yields surprising findings

All Research News - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 14:00
From tiny villages in developing nations to suburban kitchens in the US, dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria sicken millions each year. New UMHS research illuminates why this occurs, and what might be done to prevent or treat it.
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"Gut"-throat competition: U-M research on digestive tract bacteria yields surprising findings

Basic Science and Laboratory Research - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 14:00
From tiny villages in developing nations to suburban kitchens in the US, dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria sicken millions each year. New UMHS research illuminates why this occurs, and what might be done to prevent or treat it.
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"Gut"-throat competition: U-M research on digestive tract bacteria yields surprising findings

U-M Medical School - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 14:00
From tiny villages in developing nations to suburban kitchens in the US, dangerous strains of E. coli bacteria sicken millions each year. New UMHS research illuminates why this occurs, and what might be done to prevent or treat it.
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Stockholders vote GOP regardless of market performance

UMich News Service - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 13:52

Americans who own stock tend to vote Republican even if they're losing money in the stock market under a GOP president, say University of Michigan ...

Mother?s Day to be shared via Facebook Sunday at Von Voigtlander Women?s Hospital

U-M Medical School - Thu, 05/10/2012 - 00:00
What better way to celebrate Mother?s Day than telling the stories of new moms giving birth? The University of Michigan?s Von Voigtlander Women?s Hospital plans to share some of those moments by documenting them on Sunday via Facebook.
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