Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a key protein that causes muscles to atrophy. The protein, Gadd45a, is responsible for 40 percent of the gene activity associated with muscle deterioration. The finding opens the door to therapies to block Gadd45a and thus to deter muscle atrophy. Results appear in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Lauren Hughes, M.D., a 2009 graduate of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, has been selected as a 2013 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar.

A University of Iowa team of 30 researchers from four different colleges on campus is competing against 29 other teams from around the world to interpret complete DNA sequences from three different families in an effort to determine the medical problems each family faces.

Neurologist William Talman writes about the importance of studying chimps in Ebola virus research.

The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science has won $6.9 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue academic, educational, and research programs for researchers throughout the university.

Images created by the Cherished Portraits program at UI Children’s Hospital look like typical professional photos. These pictures, however, are anything but ordinary. The program provides portrait sessions for families experiencing stillbirth or newborn death, infants and children with life-threatening illnesses, children facing the end of their lives, or at the time of an unexpected death.

University of Iowa neurologist Daniel Tranel explains the value of the UI's Neurological Patient Registry, as part of a story about Tara Fall's "face blindness."

The University of Iowa Dance Marathon was named "Most Influential College Student or College Organization" in the Midwest by StayClassy, an online fundraising product for nonprofit organizations. Paid subscription required.

Babies born to overweight mothers gain less weight and grow more slowly than those born to normal-weight mothers, a University of Iowa study has found. But they do catch up, meaning that pediatricians should refrain from boosting their nutrition, which could make matters worse. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatrics.

The University of Iowa Dance Marathon was selected as the “Most Influential College Student or College Organization in the Midwest” by StayClassy, a nationally recognized group that honors the most outstanding and compelling philanthropic groups annually.

Robert Wallace, the director of the University of Iowa Center on Aging, says there are good reasons why Iowa City ranks second among the best places to grow old. Subscription required.

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics provides $173.5 million in benefits to Iowa communities, according to an annual assessment of those programs and services.