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  • Stressed Out Interferons Reveal Potential Key to Alternative Lupus Treatment
    February 13, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Only one new drug has become available over the past 50 years for the estimated 1.5 million Americans and five million-plus people worldwide suffering from lupus, but new research has identified a previously unknown mechanism involved in the immune response that could provide an alternative therapy target.
  • Meet a Scientist: Krementsov Studies Gut Bacteria-M.S. Link
    February 10, 2017 by Erin Post
    Think of the immune system as the shepherd, and bacteria as the sheep, says Dimitry Krementsov, Ph.D., assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Immunobiology at the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.
  • Brown & Ma’s “Mock Code” Curriculum Helps Prep Clerkship Students
    February 8, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur
    It was only the third day of her first-ever Clerkship rotation – internal medicine at Norwalk Hospital in Connecticut – and Class of ’17 medical student Melanie Ma witnessed a patient go into cardiopulmonary distress and die.
  • Larners' Gifts Featured in "Philanthropy 50"
    February 7, 2017 by Kate Skinas
    Two historic gifts to UVM over a one-year timeframe from medical alumnus Dr. Robert Larner and his wife Helen have been recognized in The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s “Philanthropy 50” for 2016. The Larners’ gift ranked 16th on the list.
  • Bernstein Presents University Scholar Lecture on Pregnancy & Preeclampsia Feb. 8
    February 6, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The University of Vermont Graduate College will be hosting a University Scholar lecture by Ira M. Bernstein, M.D.'83, John Van Sicklen Maeck Professor and chair of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the Larner College of Medicine, on Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in Waterman Memorial Lounge. Bernstein will be discussing “Pregnancy and Preeclampsia: Insights into Women’s Health.”

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