UMSOM Research Could Result In New Approach to Prevent Diabetes-Induced Birth Defects

08/28/2013

A research team at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has identified a cell signaling pathway which plays a significant role in causing developmental defects of the fetal spinal cord and brain in babies of women with diabetes.

Study Evaluates Heart Pump With Behind-the-Ear Power Connector vs. Infection-Prone Abdominal Portal

08/07/2013

Cardiac surgeons and cardiologists at the University of Maryland Heart Center are part of a multi-center clinical trial evaluating the efficacy of powering heart pumps through a skull-based connector behind the ear. 

UM Researchers Enrolling Patients to Evaluate Long-Term Benefits, Risks of Common Diabetes Drugs

08/06/2013

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are enrolling patients with type 2 diabetes into an NIH-funded clinical trial to evaluate the long-term benefits and risks of four widely used diabetes drugs in combination with metformin, the most common first-line medication.

Woman saves husband and father by donating one kidney

07/23/2013

In a twist of transplant fate, one woman's living kidney donation resulted in transplants for her ailing husband and father. Read more about her selfless act through the Paired Kidney Exchange program.