University of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center hosted the 14th Annual Midwest DNA Repair Symposium this past weekend, May 19th & 20th.
UC Cancer Institute Gaining Traction, Making Progress
In order to effectively battle cancer, you must have a well-organized army made up of compassionate oncology professionals who fight the frontline battles alongside cancer patients and diligent scientists gathering intelligence reports in the hop
Jerry Lingrel, PhD, CCB interim chair, has been awarded AAAS fellowship status. Lingrel was granted this distinction for research in the fields of globin gene regulation (the first isolation of an mRNA), ion transport, and vascular biology.
Lingrel Appointed Interim Chair of Cancer and Cell Biology
Jerry Lingrel, PhD, has been appointed interim chair of cancer and cell biology following the resignation of Jorge Moscat, PhD, who will be leaving the College of Medicine for a new position in San Diego.
The University of Cincinnati and its affiliates topped $443 million in research funding for fiscal year 2010-a rise of more than $65 million over last year's total
University of Cincinnati researchers, led by CCB's George Thomas, PhD, have learned that a widely prescribed diabetes drug doesn't work the way they thought.
Genetic Variant Increases Lung Cancer Risk for Light Smokers
A study by a research team including CCB's Marshall Anderson, PhD concluded that individuals with a certain type of genetic susceptibility to lung cancer face a greatly increased risk for the deadly disease with even a small exposure to cigarette