Utah study shows minivans, trucks pose greater risk of backing over children in driveways
Salt Lake City--Every year Utah children are seriously injured and killed when they're hit by a vehicle backing out of a driveway. But a child is up to 2 times more likely to be backed over by a minivan or truck than by a car, according to a University of Utah study. ...... In the first report of its kind, University researchers found children are 2.4 times more likely to be struck by a van and...University of Utah to help build bionic arm
SALT LAKE CITY -- University of Utah researchers will receive up to $10.3 million to help develop a new prosthetic arm that would work, feel and look like a real arm. The Utah work is a key part of a U.S. Department of Defense contract worth up to $55 million to develop the new device for soldiers and potentially others whose arms were amputated.... ... "Imagine an artificial arm that moves natu...University of Utah surgeon returns from Iraq to help start-up company fight cancer
Dr. James McGreevy will have little time to rest as he returns from his 8-week tour of duty in Iraq as a flight surgeon. He is co-founder and co-inventor of the technology behind Vestan--a medical imaging technology company that has recently been granted a Virtual Incubator Program Award (VIP Award) from the University of Utah's Technology Commercialization Office and the University of Utah Resea...