Officials with Iowa’s Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and other Related Disabilities (LEND) program at the Center for Disabilities and Development at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital announced that the program has received a five-year, $3.1 million award from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Meet Kinzie Hemann, Parker Kress, Abigail Hooper, and Liam Young—the first four Kid Captains of 2016.

Insects are tough animals to study. One reason is their armor-like coating, called an exoskeleton, which protects their organs. Researchers have discovered a technique to open the exoskeleton in order to study living organs and cells.

The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology in the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine will hold its annual memorial service for the Deeded Body Program at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Oakland Cemetery, 1000 Brown St., in Iowa City.

Investigators in the UI College of Public Health and Carver College of Medicine have been selected to receive $1 million over five years to establish, enhance, and maintain information-gathering systems to detect microcephaly—a serious birth defect—and other adverse outcomes caused by Zika virus infection.

The gut may play a key role in preventing the onset of Parkinson's disease. UI biologists found that in roundworms, an immune response from intestinal cells sparks a series of chemical signals that ultimately preserves neurons whose death is associated with Parkinson's. The results appear in the journal "Cell Reports."

UI researcher Terry Wahls has been awarded a $1 million grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) to compare the ability of two popular diets to treat multiple sclerosis–related fatigue.

The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine is part of a trend among U.S. medical schools that are recruiting students from rural communities who want to practice in a small town. Iowa pays for the training of doctors who actually do.

UI biomedical engineering students will soon be able to use a new campus lab to design and test state-of-the-art medical device prototypes, thanks in part to a grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust.

When the flood of 2008 took out many of the roads to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a team of UIHC employees ensured that physicians and patients could still access the hospitals.

Rural patients with heart disease often have limited access to specialized care because most cardiologists practice in cities, but a new study from the University of Iowa finds that the use of visiting consultant clinics (VCCs) in rural hospitals staffed by traveling cardiologists greatly increases access to care.

Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at the UI has received its third renewal as a comprehensive cancer center from the National Cancer Institute. The five-year renewal includes $12.2 million to support research. There are fewer than 50 NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the nation. Holden is the only one in Iowa.