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Stem Cell ‘Therapy’ Injuries More Widespread Than We Knew
Grotesque side effects from unproven "stem cell" therapies are more common than we realized, reports a team of researchers led by UConn Health in Annals of Neurology.
Massive Project to Understand Our Genes Reveals Secrets of RNA
A UConn Health lab spent five years studying human proteins as part of a massive, ongoing collaboration to identify what, exactly, every single bit of DNA and RNA in the human genome does.
NIH Awards $6M to UConn Health Biological Computer Modeling Teams
Two computer modeling teams at UConn Health have been awarded an NIH grant totaling $6 million over five years.
Psychiatric Visits to the Emergency Room Rise Despite the ACA
Despite expanded health insurance coverage, America's emergency rooms have seen a steady increase in psychiatric visits since 2006.
Neither Natural Nor Safe: Compounded Bioidentical Hormones Need Better Evidence
A category of hormone treatments often promoted as safe and "natural" need far more study and research to evaluate those claims, according to a UConn expert.
The Re-Engineering of UConn Health
When UConn Health professionals saw the rapid spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, they knew that "business as usual" was over.
Buzzing to Rebuild Broken Bone: It’s Electric!
A group of biomedical engineers from UConn have developed a scaffold of non-toxic polymer that generates a controllable electrical field to encourage bone growth.
UConn Researcher Hopes to Stop COVID-19 in Its Tracks
A UConn researcher is investigating a way to stop the COVID-19 virus from spreading through the body.
Researchers Explore Potential Treatment for Mitochondrial Diseases
Researchers studying severe illnesses like muscular dystrophy and Parkinson's disease are intrigued by a group of compounds that may work to protect the body's cells.
The Reproducibility Crisis Might Be All in Your … Software
UConn researchers say that software may be partly the cause for many science experiments' inability to be repeated.