Protecting Specific Area of the Brain During Whole-Brain Radiation Substantially Reduces Rate of Memory Loss In Cancer Patients

09/23/2013

Protecting the stem cells that reside in and around the hippocampus – a C-shaped area in the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain associated with the ability to form and store memories – substantially reduces the rate of cancer patients’ memory loss during whole-brain radiotherapy without a significant risk of recurrence in that area of the brain, a new study shows.

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 Studying Vaccine to Prevent Potential Bird Flu Pandemic

09/18/2013

Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development are part of nationwide vaccine research aimed at protecting adults from a new and virulent strain of avian (bird) influenza (flu) virus.

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.