Cancer genetics pioneer Janet Rowley, 1925-2013

December 17, 2013: A pioneer in connecting the development of cancer with genetic abnormalities, Janet D. Rowley, MD, the Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Medicine, Molecular Genetics & Cell Biology and Human Genetics at the University of Chicago, died from complications of ovarian cancer on December, 17, 2013, at her home. She was 88.

University of Chicago's Sulmasy wins prestigious bioethics award

December 13, 2013: Daniel P. Sulmasy, MD, PhD, the Kilbride-Clinton Professor of Medicine and Ethics in the Department of Medicine and Divinity School at the University of Chicago, has won the 2014 Paul Ramsey Award for Excellence in Bioethics.

Richard Baron named Chairman of the Board for RSNA2

December 12, 2013: Richard L. Baron, M.D., FACR, professor of radiology at the University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, has been named chairman of the Board of Directors of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), one of the world's largest specialty organizations with more than 55,000 members worldwide.

Multi-gene test could help spot breast cancer patients most at risk

December 12, 2013: A new test has the potential to help physicians identify patients with the most lethal forms of triple-negative breast cancer, a disease which requires aggressive and innovative treatment.

When the living and the deceased don't agree on organ donation

November 26. 2013: All 50 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the 2006 Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) or enacted similar legislation giving individuals the "First Person Authorization" (FPA) to consent to organ donation after death via a signed donor card or driver's license, or by enrollment in a donor registry.

David T. Rubin to head digestive diseases at University of Chicago Medicine

November 21, 2013: David T. Rubin, MD, a nationally recognized authority on digestive disease, investigational therapies and medical ethics, has been named interim section chief of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at the University of Chicago Medicine.

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria turns immune system against itself

November 19, 2013: Around 20 percent of all humans are persistently colonized with Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, a leading cause of skin infections and one of the major sources of hospital-acquired infections, including the antibiotic-resistant strain MRSA.

Study to identify functions of hypothetical genes in two infectious disease pathogens

November 19, 2013: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has awarded the University of Chicago $4.4 million over five years to study genes of unknown function in bacteria that cause plague and brucellosis.