On July 9, the Natural History Museum of Utah will host a DNA Fest presented in part by Utah Genome Project and USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery investigators. With hands-on...

(Deseret News) - The ROPES course at University Neuropsychiatric Institute was used by the Utah Ulster Project as part of their team building activities.

The Children's Tumor Foundation recently awarded Dr. David Viskochil its highest honor for his contributions to helping those with the genetic disease.

The University of Utah School of Medicine is pleased to announce that the Utah Center for Innovation and Simulation in Education (U-CISE) is now an American College of Surgeons Accredited...

FluMist is no more and here's why.

New results from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) show University of Utah Health Care’s transplant program has some of the best results in the nation when it comes...

When prostate cancer surgeons told patients of their bias to operate, it actually swayed more men to undergo surgery.

It's World Blood Donor Day, yet not everybody can donate blood.

Do you actually know what Zika virus is? Or why it's so dangerous?

Gordon Crabtree, CFO for University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics has been featured in the "150 Hospital and Health System CFOS to Know" list from Becker's Hospital Review.

Research led by Amnon Schlegel, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah School of Medicine and an Investigator with the University of Utah Molecular Medicine...

Wyatt Rory Hume, D.D.S., Ph.D., took the reins of the University of Utah School of Dentistry on May 15. We sat down with the new dean to get to know...

Kids love animals. From the time they are babies, they are presented with books, stuffed animals, movies and cartoons that foster that love.

With displays of traditional Native American dress and artifacts as reminders of their proud heritage, a group of bright, young students radiated optimism and excitement at the welcome dinner for...

(KSL) - Robin Kim, MD, performs transplant surgery for teen with special needs

A team led by scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, University of Utah School of Medicine, and Navigen, Inc., report a new treatment that shows promise...

Medical researchers seeking to find answers for our nation’s growing heart failure epidemic have long focused on why patients’ heart conditions get worse. But might shifting to studying why they...

With $4 million in funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute, the University of Utah Center of Excellence in ELSI (Ethical, Legal, & Social Implications) Research (UCEER) will explore...

It isn't possible to die from embarrassment—unless that embarrassment keeps patients from getting checked for melanoma.

A memorial service to honor 255 people who gave their bodies to science and education at the University of Utah last year will be held on Friday, May 27th, 2016...

Scientists at the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories, and IDbyDNA, Inc., have developed ultra-fast, meta-genomics analysis software called Taxonomer that dramatically improves the accuracy and speed of pathogen detection. In...

(Deseret News) - Despite huge strides in medicine, doctors today are still regularly confounded with what seems to be a simple task: diagnosing infectious diseases.

Summer is rapidly approaching. Soon, kids will be out of school, barbecues will sizzle, and temperatures will climb. In health care, we refer to summer as "trauma season."

Older Americans with some hearing loss shouldn’t feel alone if they have trouble understanding British TV sagas like "Downton Abbey." A small study from the University of Utah suggests hearing-impaired...