The University of Iowa’s Heart and Vascular Center and Iowa City Heart Center, announced Friday, May 1, that they have joined to become the most comprehensive cardiovascular program in the state.

UI orthopedic researchers are developing an injectable, bioactive gel that encourages self-healing of cartilage. If they are successful, the gel could represent a minimally invasive, practical, and inexpensive approach for repairing damaged cartilage and preventing osteoarthritis.

There’s no other day during the school year when philanthropy—nicknamed “Phil” by the University of Iowa Foundation’s Student Philanthropy Initiative—is more visible than on Phil’s Day, which took place on Thursday, April 30—the fourth annual celebration of philanthropy on the UI campus.

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development held its Celebrating Excellence: Discovery and Innovation Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, April 28. The annual event recognizes faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars/fellows, graduate students, undergraduate students, and mentors who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments to research in their field.

UI neuroscience researcher, Phillip Gander, discusses findings from a rare opportunity to record directly from the brain of a person with tinnitus, which shed light on the brain networks responsible for this condition.

The University of Iowa has been working for years to find a cure for preeclampsia. That ongoing research has led the university to a spot in a four-center Strategically Focused Network on Hypertension created by the American Heart Association (AHA).

Tapping the highly specialized expertise of a brain research lab at the University of Iowa, researchers have taken advantage of a rare opportunity to record directly from the brain of a person with tinnitus in order to find the brain networks responsible for this often debilitating condition.

There’s no other day during the school year when philanthropy is more visible on the University of Iowa campus than on Phil’s Day, Thursday, April 30. The fourth annual Phil's Day marks—literally—the impact of private gifts on UI facilities, programs, and people.

What can one researcher do with a terabyte of raw data? The Bioinformatics Division of the Iowa Institute of Human Genetics (IIHG) helps researchers across the university analyze, reduce, and focus large data sets to further their research.

The Iowa Institute of Human Genetics is offering a new test that will ensure that patients who may require specific pain medications, or need blood-thinning drugs to prevent heart attack or stroke, will receive medicine that is safe and effective, based on the patient's own genetic make-up.

The exterior of the new University of Iowa Children’s Hospital is nearly complete. Everyone is invited to make their mark by signing the final steel beams to be placed at the top of the building Saturday, April 25, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Krause Plaza at Kinnick Stadium.

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