UCSD-Utah team develops mouse model to test therapies for macular degeneration
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the University of Utah have developed a mouse model of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in people over age 55, and Stargardt Macular Degeneration (STGD), a form of the disease that affects children and young adults. ......The mouse model*, which was reported in the March 4,...University of Utah study suggests cellular waste to blame for a form of blinding eye disease
Salt Lake City - Gene mutations that impair the ability of photoreceptor cells to properly dispose of waste - and as a result cause the blinding eye disease retinitis pigmentosa - have been identified by vision researchers at the University of Utah's Moran Eye Center. The discovery raises concerns that carbonic anhydrase inhibitors (medications often used to treat both heart and eye diseases) may...University of Utah vision researchers identify genetic cause of rare eye disease in Utah family
Vision researchers at the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center have discovered a gene mutation responsible for causing a rare disease in four generations of a single Utah family. The discovery is reported in a recent issue of The American Journal of Ophthalmology (November 2004). ... ...The disease, which is informally being called Beehive Syndrome because of its connection to Utah (th...Univeristy of Utah anesthesiologists on front lines in battle against post-operative pain
SALT LAKE CITY -- Post-operative pain is the No. 1 issue for people who've had surgery-and University of Utah anesthesiologists are helping these patients fight that battle on several fronts.... ...Anesthesiologists at the U School of Medicine and hospital have developed a way to determine precisely how much medication is needed to relieve pain in major surgery patients who've become tolerant to...Utah researchers hope hunt for medicinal drugs helps save Papua New Guinea rainforests
SALT LAKE CITY--Two University of Utah College of Pharmacy faculty members will lead an international effort to search the diverse plant life of Papua New Guinea for drugs to treat tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, and other diseases.... ... "The objective is to use drug discovery as a means of providing...The Gerontological Society of America confers 2003 Kalish Award to Utah's Pasupathi
The Gerontological Society of America has chosen Dr. Monisha Pasupathi of the University of Utah's Psychology Department as the 2003 recipient of the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award. This distinguished honor recognizes insightful and innovative publications on aging and life course development in the behavioral and social sciences.... ...The award presentation will take place at GSA's...The Passionate Mind: Oct. 9-11 Utah Symposium in Science & Literature
Sept. 23, 2003 - How does the human mind make sense of itself?...What is self? Is it me, or is it my brain? How are emotion and cognition...- the process of knowing, of having perception, memory and judgment -...tied to our notions of ourselves? ...... Those and other questions will be addressed Thursday Oct. 9...through Saturday Oct. 11 when the University of Utah holds its second...annual Sy...