Public health researchers report about 1 in 5,000 boys in the United States, between 5 and 9 years old, have Duchenne muscular dystrophy or Becker muscular dystrophy. Results appear in the journal Pediatrics.

In a meeting with state business and education leaders today, Friday, Feb. 13, University of Iowa President Sally Mason outlined steps the UI is taking to accelerate the transfer of biomedical research into the marketplace.

A University of Iowa study in mice shows that disrupting one protein can simultaneously curb alcohol cravings and protect the heart and liver from alcohol-induced damage. The findings suggest that the RGS6 protein may be a useful drug target both for treating alcoholism and reducing the organ damage caused by chronic alcohol consumption.

Iowa City Heart Center, P.C., a highly regarded cardiology group serving eastern Iowa patients and families since 1987, will join University of Iowa Health Care, effective April 30.

UI Children's Hospital has a nationally acclaimed team of doctors and nurses who treat children with arrhythmias, host an annual conference for these patients and their families, and are leading participants in studies. Amanda Kurovski of Des Moines is one such young person who has benefited. She has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to manage an arrhythmia, diagnosed when she was 15.

A spring series of free Lifelong Learning events organized by the University of Iowa Alumni Association (UIAA) kicks off on Feb. 19 with a session on suicide prevention.

The Iowa Board of Regents has selected Jean E. Robillard, M.D., vice president for medical affairs at the University of Iowa, to chair the Presidential Search and Screen Committee in response to the recent retirement announcement from UI President Sally Mason.

The University of Iowa bariatric surgery team helps a young Iowan turn her life around.

Jack Stapleton, UI professor of internal medicine and microbiology, discusses recent research showing that patients with ebola who are co-infected with another virus called GBV-C have better survival rates. His research has previously shown that co-infection with GBV-C is also associated with better survival in patients with HIV.

In a new study, scientists uncovered evidence that baker’s yeast cells not only extend their own lifespan in response to caloric restriction but also communicate with other cells to share the benefit of caloric restriction.

Starting from human skin cells, researchers at the University of Iowa have created human insulin-producing cells that respond to glucose and correct blood-sugar levels in diabetic mice. The findings may represent a first step toward developing patient-specific cell replacement therapy for type 1 diabetes.

The public is invited to a free screening of "The Lion's Mouth Opens," a documentary about a woman who bravely faces a daunting life-defining moment as finds out about her genetic testing results for Huntington disease (HD), Thursday, Jan. 29, with the doors opening at 6:30 p.m and the screening beginning at 7 p.m., at the John Pappajohn Business Building, Room W10 (Buchanan Auditorium). The film...