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most COVID-19 maps do not improve public understanding of the potential risk of contracting the disease or promote compliance with health guidelines meant to slow its spread,

A new study, led by ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ scientists, suggests more than half of doctors, nurses and emergency responders involved COVID-19 care could be at risk for one or...

In December 2020, Utah’s Newborn Screening Program identified the first patient with Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) deficiency solely through newborn screening. GAMT deficiency is an inherited condition that affects the body’s...

Massive "plumes" of a key neurotransmitter surging in the brain could help explain the onset of migraine with aura—and potentially a broad swath of neurologic disease, including stroke and traumatic...

Researchers at the ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ have identified a new therapeutic target to treat patients with type 1 diabetes.

Sobering new statistics released by the Global Burden of Disease study found no significant reduction in the number of people with treatable sight loss worldwide since 2010 as public health...

In a new analysis, researchers at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ’s Huntsman Mental ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Institute have detected more than 20 genes that could have a role in death by suicide.

Stefan M. Pulst, M.D., Dr. med., professor at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ and chair of the Department of Neurology, is among 489 newly elected Fellows of the American Association for...

In one of the most comprehensive examinations to date of marijuana use during pregnancy, Torri Metz, MD, a ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, will evaluate...

Major investment in therapeutics accelerator will bolster Utah’s role as a world leader in drug development

Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, MHS, associate chief medical information officer and an associate professor of biomedical informatics at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ, will serve a second three-year term on a...

Researchers at ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ have discovered that in some circumstances cerebral edema, or swelling, may be important for protecting the brain.

In a new multicenter study, researchers led by ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah surgeons report that an emerging heart failure treatment could potentially reverse structural damage to the heart, allowing it to...

A ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ of Utah ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ Department of Pediatrics program that supports academic, career, and personal development of American Indian / Alaska Native (AI/AN) undergraduates from across the country has received...

Scientists at U of U ÈËÆÞÖгöÊÓƵ have recreated in a test tube the first steps of infection by HIV, the virus that causes AIDS enabling identification of essential components the...