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Zach Zwirlein of Coal Valley, Ill., was diagnosed with medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) deficiency through the Iowa Neonatal Metabolic Screening Program, a partnership of the genetics program at UI Children's Hospital, the Iowa Department of Public Health, and the State Hygienic Laboratory.

Researchers at the University of Iowa and Yale University have identified 39 genes they believe are associated with alcoholism. The genes were identified using a novel approach combining genetic studies on addiction with another study on protein-protein interactions. Results appear in the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Faced with the rising cost of health care, doctors at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics decided to examine the cost of something they do every day: order lab tests. (Note: A paid subscription may be required.)

The University of Iowa College of Public Health hosted a luncheon and community forum this month in Osceola, at which health management professor Dan Shane gave an overview of the Affordable Care Act and its effects on businesses in rural Iowa and small communities.

University of Iowa officials are enhancing security and reminding campus technology users how to avoid being duped after a number of employees became victims of a recent “phishing” scam.

Graduate directors in the University of Iowa Department of Theatre Arts will present their debut directing work over the course of two weekends, Dec. 5-7 and 12-14, in Theatre B of the UI Theatre Building. Admission is $5 (free for UI students with valid UI ID).

University of Iowa law professor Maya Steinitz has been named a Member of the Court of the Jerusalem Arbitration Center, a new legal forum for Israelis and Palestinians to settle commercial disputes.

New UI research suggests that men's larger noses are nature's way of fueling the lean muscle mass that men have in higher proportion than women; bigger noses enable men to bring more oxygen into their bodies, which in turn helps to grow and maintain their energy-hungry muscles.

The University of Iowa Museum of Natural History will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 26 and 27, so workers can repair a sanitary sewer line. The museum, located in Macbride Hall in the UI’s Pentacrest, will resume normal hours Friday, Nov. 29, following the Thanksgiving holiday.

The University of Iowa has launched a major multidisciplinary initiative that campus leaders expect will establish the university as a national center of excellence in the rapidly evolving field of informatics. The project will include the university's latest faculty cluster hire.

Men may have larger noses than women because they generally have more muscle, demanding larger noses to breathe in more oxygen, new University of Iowa research shows.