Health Care

Cystic fibrosis mucus defect present at birth

Friday, August 15, 2014
New research by University of Iowa scientists shows that cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-shortening, inherited condition that affects about 30,000 Americans, causes detachment abnormalities in airway mucus that impairs the ability to clear particles and germs out of the lungs.

Climate march comes to Iowa City/Coralville Aug. 19-21

Thursday, August 14, 2014
The Great March for Climate Action will be in Coralville and Iowa City Aug. 19-21 as it works its way across the United States to Washington, D.C., in an effort to raise awareness and initiate change in response to concerns about a climate crisis.
Harkin visits NADS

Sen. Tom Harkin tours UI's National Advanced Driving Simulator

Thursday, August 14, 2014
Sen. Tom Harkin visited the National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Campus on Tuesday, Aug. 12.
(Photo: Chase Castle / Iowa City Press-Citizen)

Sen. Tom Harkin visits National Advanced Driving Simulator

Thursday, August 14, 2014
U.S. Senator Tom Harkin appeared Tuesday at the National Advanced Driving Simulator at the University of Iowa's Oakdale Research Campus in Coralville.
young person with helmet riding an ATV

UI Children's Hospital helps design ATV injury prevention program for schools

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Experts at the UI Children's Hospital have partnered with several other groups to create an ATV injury prevention program.
Professor Mani Subramanian and his colleagues demonstrate how caffeine dehydrogenase, when combined with a dye solution, can show the caffeine content in soft drinks.

UI professor describes caffeine detection research

Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Mani Subramanian, director of the UI Center for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing, describes a discovery that may one day lead to the development of a cheap and easy test to determine how much caffeine is present in beverages.

UI Children's Hospital announces 2014 Kid Captains

Monday, August 4, 2014
Hawkeye football wouldn’t be the same at University of Iowa Children’s Hospital without a stellar team of Kid Captains kicking off each week, and this year’s team is up to the job.

Hourcade discusses work on autism, technology

Friday, August 1, 2014
Juan Pablo Hourcade, UI associate professor of computer science, discusses how technology can help children on the autism spectrum.
A man carries a box of flowers with blue sky in the background

Growing a better roof

Thursday, July 31, 2014
The University of Iowa's first-ever green roof continues to take root as workers install additional plants atop the café section of the new Pappajohn Biomedical Discovery Building,
Demonstrating science experiments with Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds

Lt. Gov. Reynolds visits Hygienic Lab to talk STEM outreach

Thursday, July 31, 2014
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds stopped by the State Hygienic Laboratory July 31 to learn about STEM outreach and tour the lab's recently completed Center for the Advancement of Laboratory Science.
heat map

A map for eye disease

Thursday, July 31, 2014
Vision specialists at the University of Iowa have created the most detailed molecular map of a region of the human eye associated with disease, including age-related macular degeneration. The map catalogs more than 4,000 proteins in each of three areas of the choroid. Results appear in the journal JAMA Ophthalmology.

Media advisory: UI researchers discuss smartphone app for seniors with hearing aids

Thursday, July 31, 2014
The University of Iowa is hosting a media availability on Monday, Aug. 4 to discuss a study pairing seniors with a smartphone app to evaluate the effectiveness of hearing aids. The research is part of the UI’s reorganized Center on Aging, which unites research, activities in communities statewide, patient services and education and training with the mission to improve the health and well being of...