Carver College of Medicine

Jerry Honts, associate professor of cell and molecular biology at Drake University

UI College of Medicine hosts professors, students from Iowa colleges

Thursday, July 24, 2014
The UI Carver College of Medicine is hosting eight faculty members, along with seven of their students, from small colleges and universities around the state for this year's FUTURE program, which gives the visitors access to UI's research facilities and faculty expertise during the summer months.

UI students receive degrees after 2014 spring session

Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The University of Iowa awarded an estimated 5,000 degrees at the close of the 2014 spring session.
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Boon for asthma patients: UI researchers develop dust-mite vaccine

Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Researchers at the University of Iowa have developed a vaccine that can combat dust-mite allergies by naturally switching the immune response.

UI study finds potential genetic link between epilepsy and neurodegenerative disorders

Tuesday, July 22, 2014
University of Iowa researchers have identified the basic cellular mechanism that goes awry in prickle mutant flies, leading to the epilepsy-like seizures.
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Researchers create vaccine for dust-mite allergies

Tuesday, July 22, 2014
University of Iowa researchers have created a vaccine for dust-mite allergies. In lab tests and animal trials, the nano-sized vaccine package was readily absorbed by immune cells and dramatically lowered allergic responses. Results appear in the AAPS Journal.
Mark Santillian

UI discovery will help doctors predict preeclampsia

Tuesday, July 22, 2014
UI researchers have discovered that women with pre-eclampsia have highly elevated levels of copeptin; this discovery will allow doctors to test for that biomarker and determine risk of developing pre-eclampsia as early as the 6th week of pregnancy, months before any symptoms develop.
Arun Velamuri is trying to train pigeons to recognize cancer cells.

Bright young students experiment with life as scientists

Monday, July 21, 2014
Des Moines high school student Arun Velamuri plans to go into medicine some day and says a summer academic camp he attended at the University of Iowa helped him see what his life as a medical scientist might be like.
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UI's Jennissen encourages more discussion on ATV safety

Monday, July 21, 2014
People talk a lot about bicycle safety, but there isn't enough discussed with kids and families about safety when riding an ATV, says Charles Jennissen, a clinical associate professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the UI Carver College of Medicine.

Educating Iowa students: Michelle Sullivan and Austin Kleinmeyer

Friday, July 18, 2014
The University of Iowa is the university for Iowa. In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing stories that illustrate the many ways that UI serves our state and shapes Iowa's future.

Racing for a Cure

Tuesday, July 15, 2014
At the 2014 Indianapolis 500, one team raced for more than the checkered flag. "Racing for a Cure" tells the story of 1996 Indy 500 winner Buddy Lazier and his racing team's effort to promote the University of Iowa Wynn Institute for Vision Research.
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Biomedical Discovery Building houses cutting-edge diabetes research

Monday, July 14, 2014
Faculty at the UI Carver College of Medicine have begun to occupy the brand-new Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building’s advanced laboratories, and they expect to use the top of the line equipment to great effect.

Achievements: UI faculty, staff, students, and alumni making news

Friday, July 11, 2014
University staff, faculty, students, and alumni are accomplishing great things every day. See who's making news with awards, publications, promotion and tenure, and more.