Recent News

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  • Dostmann and Colleagues Discover Potential New Therapeutic Target for Hypertension, Earn Patent
    July 22, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    A team of Vermont investigators has been issued a patent for their discovery of a molecule that rescues damaged blood vessels, yet preserves healthy vessels and could serve as a springboard for a new pharmaceutical therapy with fewer side effects for hypertension – a major risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney disease that effects roughly one in three people in the U.S.
  • Vaccine Testing Center Receives Funding to Advance New Treatments for Parasitic Infection
    July 22, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Limited treatment options and no vaccines exist to treat or prevent a leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children in the developing world: Cryptosporidium, a single-celled intestinal parasite found in soil, food and water that also causes significant illness and death in immunocompromised individuals.
  • Morielli Shares Goals as New Director of UVM Neuroscience Graduate Program
    July 22, 2016 by Carolyn Shapiro
    To neuroscientist Anthony Morielli, Ph.D., the study of the brain opens a window to better understand the way the world works. “The brain is the one thing in the universe that can reflect back on itself,” says Morielli, a University of Vermont associate professor of pharmacology, who was recently named director of UVM’s Neuroscience Graduate Program.
  • Nelson & Colleagues Join International Collaboration for Research in Prevention of Stroke and Dementia
    July 22, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    An international consortium of institutions and investigators, including Mark Nelson, Ph.D., University of Vermont professor and chair of pharmacology, recently launched a major collaborative research program to uncover mechanisms and pathways in different forms of small vessel disease.
  • Spring 2016 Community Medical School Launches Mar. 1 with Robbins Talk on Stress
    July 22, 2016 by Jennifer Nachbur
    Now entering its 18th year, the Community Medical Series presented by the University of Vermont College of Medicine and University of Vermont Medical Center launched its Spring 2016 series on Tuesday, March 1, with a lecture by Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry Beth Robbins, Psy.D., titled "All Stressed Out: Symptoms, Physiology and Approaches for Relief."

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