4+ day, 13+ hour ago  (377+ words) Wayne State University School of Medicine and Barbara Ann Karmanos Professor of Oncology Kay-Uwe Wagner, Ph. D. , will utilize a five-year, $1, 828, 746 grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health to uncover how two key proteins control the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago  (448+ words) After a one-year leave that included reporting stints in the nation's capital, Atlanta and Africa, Wayne State University medical student Michal Ruprecht has returned to Detroit for his fourth and final year of medical school. Under the AAAS Fellowship, he…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (409+ words) Outer kinetochore proteins form linear elements to regulate vesicle transport," published in The Journal of Cell Science, shows these proteins also help transport important cellular cargo inside developing egg cells. Kinetochore proteins are known for their role in moving chromosomes…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (225+ words) A Wayne State University School of Medicine cancer researcher has secured one of five grants from the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging grants to support her study into inflammatory bowel disease. Nerissa Viola, Ph. D. , associate professor of Oncology…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (355+ words) Cyclophosphamide is widely used to treat various cancers and certain autoimmune diseases. Doctors have long known that it can increase the risk of premature ovarian insufficiency, or POI, a condition in which the ovaries stop functioning normally before the age…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (318+ words) At Wayne State University, third-year student Kavya Ramkumar envisioned a publication that would spark conversations extending beyond a single classroom or academic discipline." As a double major in"technology, information systems and analytics"(TISA) and"business administration"in the Mike…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (996+ words) For years, Wayne State University professor Dr. Kafi D. Kumasi carried a family story she knew was remarkable but could not fully prove. Her late mother often reminded the family that Kumasi's children would become fifth-generation college graduates " an achievement that…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (931+ words) As Wayne State University prepares for its Juneteenth observance, one of the university's most meaningful community initiatives has unfolded not in lecture halls or laboratories, but in archives, census records and family stories passed down across generations. The fruits of…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (499+ words) As artificial intelligence continues to transform health care, education and research, Wayne State University's Division of Health Affairs (DHA) has taken an important step toward ensuring the technology is adopted thoughtfully, ethically and strategically. "The task force did some incredible…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (304+ words) A father and daughter duo from the Wayne State University School of Medicine won top honors in their respective categories at the American Cataract and Refractive Surgeons 44th'annual Film Festival'in Washington, D. C. Jenna Hart, Class of 2027, placed first in the Shorts…...