The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah its Comprehensive Cancer Center status, the highest designation possible. The announcement was made today...
BioEYES, a K-12 science educational program hosted by the Carnegie Institution for Science, is launching a new center sponsored by the University of Utah, Department of Pediatrics, Pediatric Research Enterprise.
Despite an increasing ease in acquiring genetic information, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) points out that doing so has consequences, particularly when it comes to children. It is...
The University of Utah’s Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) and Program in Personalized Health has awarded grants to eight interdisciplinary projects to advance research and practices leading toward...
(U.S. News & World Report) - Surgery patients who suffer complications after discharge from a hospital are more likely to die if they're readmitted to a different hospital than where...
Up to 22 percent of surgical patients experience unexpected complications and must be readmitted for post-operative care. A study led by the University of Utah suggests that returning to the...
Genomics England announced that it will be using technology co-developed in a partnership between the University of Utah and Omicia to interpret the DNA of Britons as part of the...
(Health Leaders Media) - Hospitals have different protocols-or none at all-when it comes to discharging patients to hotels. But the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's bloodborne pathogens standard applies to...
(KSL) - When first responders arrive on scene, they have to push aside their own emotions. That can potentially turn into a heavy burden they then carry alone.
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Intermountain Healthcare’s Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah, in seven specialties in the new 2015-16 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
(KSL) - Not many with stage 4 melanoma patients get a second chance, the immune system has regulatory systems that allow cancer to hide, making it difficult treat and even...