By evaluating working muscles in mice, University of Iowa researchers have uncovered physiological mechanisms that could lead to new strategies for combating metabolism-related disorders like muscle wasting and obesity.

Daniel Collier has discovered a feedback mechanism in cells that affects blood pressure. He has gone on to define the molecular interactions that can be used to control the problem. Collier is the 2013 Spriestersbach Prize winner in the biological and life sciences who earned his doctorate from the UI.

A gene-therapy company created in part from research at the University of Iowa has obtained a $50 million capital commitment to move forward with its gene-therapy research. Spark Therapeutics, LLC was created in part from research by UI internal medicine professor Beverly Davidson.

The odds for extremely premature infants, as early as 22 weeks gestation, are improving every day—especially at top-level facilities such as the UI Children’s Hospital.

The National Institutes of Health chose the University of Iowa, along with 24 other regional stroke centers, to participate in a national research network that aims to improve care for people affected by stroke in Iowa and across the country.

Iowa Alumni Magazine showcases the multidisciplinary efforts of UI experts to help America's fast-growing elderly population.

The University of Iowa has been selected to participate in a national research network funded by the National Institutes of Health that aims to improve care for people affected by stroke in Iowa and across the U.S.

The UI Health Alliance announced today, Friday, Dec. 6, that it will make a $1 million commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program during an event on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad and other elected officials were on hand to celebrate the announcement.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine is known for many things—its research enterprise, its curriculum and learning opportunities, and its faculty—but one of the hallmarks of the college is its success and commitment in the area of primary care.

Motivated by a close bond with her grandfather who died of Huntington's disease, UI senior Jolene Luther looks for important biomarkers of the neurodegenerative disease through a research fellowship conducted at the UI Carver College of Medicine.

The University of Iowa Health Alliance will announce a major commitment over several years to help fund the Iowa Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 6 in the Medical Education and Research Facility atrium on the campus of the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

The Board of Regents, State of Iowa, today (Wednesday, Dec. 4) approved a request from the University of Iowa to re-name the UI Cardiovascular Research Center in honor of its founder, Francois Abboud, M.D.