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News
Lighting a new path in cancer care with radiation therapy
Monday, May 5, 2025
James Byrne, MD, PhD, of University of Iowa Health Care, is doing highly innovative research to improve patient outcomes. The NIH is noticing.
A tardigrade protein helped reduce radiation damage in mice
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Humans undergoing similar radiation for cancer treatment often suffer painful side effects
Tiny tardigrades may hold clues to cancer care
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Researchers found that a protein made by tiny creatures called tardigrades can protect mouse and human cells from radiation damage. The findings hold promise for reducing the harmful side effects of radiation therapy to treat cancer.
Calendar
TriNetX Basic Training
Thursday, September 25, 2025 9:00am to 10:00am
This training will provide an in-depth look at TriNetX and show you how to use the tool. We will go through building a study, searching for a specific population, and finally what information you can gather from the specific cohort. We will also discuss next steps on getting data extracted for research.
After this training you will have a thorough understanding of how to use TriNetX and what the process is to get data extracted for research studies.
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Internal Medicine Grand Rounds 9/25/2025
Thursday, September 25, 2025 12:00pm to 1:00pm
CPC presented by Quinn Vatland, MD, Natalie Heffron, MD (Pathology), and Chad Tracy, MD (Urology)
2025 Neurogenetics Symposium
Friday, September 26, 2025 7:00am to 3:00pm
Agenda:
7:00 am – Open coffee and breakfast (provided)
7:45 am – Opening remarks
8:00 am – Speaker #1 – Dr. Mariko Bennett: Realizing microglia as neurotherapies in genetic leukoencephalopathies
9:00 am – Speaker #2 – Dr. Shane Bobrycki – Genetics and the history of the plague
10:00 am – Break
10:15 am – Speaker #3 – Dr. Jeff Statland: The changing muscular dystrophy landscape: RNA therapeutics and beyond
11:15 am – Speaker #4 - Dr. Rob Piper: Structural insights into PMP22 function in health and disease
12:30 pm – Lunch (provided) & Poster Session
1:30 pm – Awards Ceremony
2:00pm – Resident case presentations
2:30 pm – Closing Remarks