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Firearms research at U-M gets a $4.6M boost with three new grants from CDC
In a milestone of research funding, three teams of University of Michigan researchers have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to address issues related to firearm injury.
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A 4-Year-Old’s Journey with Sickle Cell Disease
After Shavonn Burgess got her daughter’s diagnosis, she had no idea how her family would cope. Now, after a year of blood transfusions and spleen removal, they’ve found a new normal.
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Hail Fellows, Well Met!
Though they often receive little fanfare, postdocs are critical to the success of the Rogel Cancer Center’s research programs.
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Boy With Cleft Lip Adopts Puppy With Cleft Lip: “It Was Meant to Be”
A chance visit to a local animal shelter leads one Mott Children’s patient family to the perfect pet match for their 2-year-old son.
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Uncovering a ‘suPAR’ culprit behind kidney injury in COVID-19
A new observational study finds patients in the hospital for COVID-19 have high levels of soluble urokinase receptor (suPAR), an immune-derived pathogenic protein that is strongly predictive of kidney injury.
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Cancer Isn’t One Size Fits All: Nashawn’s Story
A patient’s genetic makeup and journey with leukemia highlights the need for more gene sequencing in minority children.
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Making Strides Against Childhood Brain Cancers
A roundup of several recent Michigan Medicine discoveries that are shedding new light on pediatric brain cancers and helping to improve treatment options.
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Genetic Study Uncovers Mutation Associated with Fibromuscular Dysplasia
Researchers report first clinically actionable findings for a rare blood vessel disease in a study of four unrelated families, all with the same genetic variant.
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Questions and Answers About COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials
Are the vaccine trials being rushed? Are they safe? Two Michigan Medicine researchers weigh in.
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Michigan Medicine teams separate conjoined twins at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Michigan Medicine teamshave successfully separated one-year-old conjoined twins at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
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Wildfires: How to protect your lung health in poor air quality
With raging wildfires affecting air quality, protecting your lung health is key.
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Michigan Medicine Team Separates Conjoined Twins at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital
Conjoined twins attached at the chest and abdomen recently underwent successful separation surgery at Michigan Medicine C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
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‘The Immense Burden of Cancer is Not Shouldered Equally’
The disproportionate effect COVID-19 has had on Black Americans may worsen existing racial and ethnic disparities in cancer care, and make health equity harder to achieve.
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Testing the Deceased Could Provide Additional Surveillance Methods During Pandemic
Positive tests among dead could be early warning sign
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Michigan Medicine names new chair for the Department of Cardiac Surgery
The University of Michigan Board of Regents today approved the appointments of Gorav Ailawadi, M.D., M.B.A., as chair of the Department of Cardiac Surgery and the Helen F. and Marvin M. Kirsh Professor of Cardiac Surgery in the Medical School, effective September 1.